Microsoft Internet Explorer page update cross-domain security bypass

ie-pageupdate-security-bypass (34696) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-domain security restrictions, caused by a race condition when updating pages across domains. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could bypass same-origin policy restrictions to gain unauthorized access to other domains and obtain sensitive information from the system.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 2.8
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 2.2
  Exploitability: Proof-Of-Concept
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Bypass Security

Remedy:

Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-033 or MS09-019. See References.

References:

  • Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Jun 04 2007 - 06:02:40 CDT: Assorted browser vulnerabilities.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer Web site: Internet Explorer: Home Page.
  • Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-033: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (933566).
  • Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-019: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897).
  • NORTEL BULLETIN ID: 2009009559, Rev 1: Nortel Response to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-019.
  • ASA-2009-221: MS09-019 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)
  • BID-24283: Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-3091: Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the bait & switch vulnerability or Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
  • SA25564: Internet Explorer Page Loading Race Condition and URL Spoofing
  • SECTRACK ID: 1018192: Microsoft Internet Explorer Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
  • US-CERT VU#471361: Microsoft Internet Explorer cross-domain frame race condition
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-2064: Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Page Navigation Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-1538: Microsoft Internet Explorer Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS09-019)

Platforms Affected:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Itanium
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Itanium
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP2
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64
  • Microsoft Windows Vista x64
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 x64 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP3
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2

Reported:

Jun 04, 2007

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