2006-3897 | Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX Object denial of service (BID-19114 / XFDB-27930)

By Max On Jul 13, 2021

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4.8	$0-$5k	0.40

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Win 2000 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component ActiveX Object. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The issue has been introduced in 08/27/2001. The weakness was disclosed 07/23/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at browserfun.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3897 since 07/26/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1789 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 19114), X-Force (27930) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40923). The entries 31529 and 31528 are pretty similar.

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Internet Explorer

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Upgrade: browserfun.blogspot.com
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08/27/2001 🔍
07/21/2006 +1788 days 🔍
07/23/2006 +2 days 🔍
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07/23/2006 +0 days 🔍
07/26/2006 +2 days 🔍
07/27/2006 +1 days 🔍
08/08/2013 +2569 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +313 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +268 days 🔍
07/13/2021 +2315 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/