Microsoft Internet Explorer IFRAME SRC NAME buffer overflow
| ie-iframe-src-name-bo (17889) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted Web page that contains an IFRAME tag with long values supplied to the SRC and NAME properties, which would cause the victim's Web browser to crash or possibly allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, once the link is clicked. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious Web page on a Web site or by sending it to a victim as an HTML email.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6 SP1
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 SP3
- Microsoft, Windows 2000 SP4
- Microsoft, Windows NT 4.0 SP6a Server
- Microsoft, Windows NT 4.0 SP6 Terminal Server
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP1
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP1 64-bit
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.
— OR —
Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Avaya Security Advisory ASA-2004-085, Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer - (MS04-040) at http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?PAGE=avaya.css.OpenPage&temp.template.name=SecurityAdvisory.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Oct 24 2004 4:36AM, python does mangleme (with IE bugs!) at http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379261.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Oct 25 2004 1:55AM, Re: [Full-Disclosure] python does mangleme (with IE bugs!) at http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379341.
- CIAC Information Bulletin P-046, Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (889293) at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-046.shtml.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-040, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (889293) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-040.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-014, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (867282) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-014.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-020, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (890923) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-020.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-025, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (883939) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-025.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-038, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (896727) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-038.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-052, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (896688) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-052.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-054, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-054.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-004, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (910620) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-004.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (912812) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-013.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-021, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-021.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-042, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (918899) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-042.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-067, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (922760) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-067.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (925454) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-072.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-016, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms07-016.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-027, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-027.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-033, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (933566) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-033.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-045, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-057, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (939653) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-057.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-069, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-069.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-010, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (944533) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-010.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-024, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (947864) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-024.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-031, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (950759) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-031.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-045, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-045.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (956390) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-058.mspx.
- BID-11515: Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1050: Heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) SRC or (2) NAME attributes in IFRAME, FRAME, and EMBED elements, as originally discovered using the mangleme utility, aka the IFRAME vulnerability or the HTML Elements Vulnerability.
- SA12959: Internet Explorer HTML Elements Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- US-CERT VU#842160: Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerable to buffer overflow via FRAME and IFRAME elements
Reported:
Oct 25, 2004
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