2009-3267 | Microsoft Internet Explorer resource management (900864)

By Max On Aug 23, 2021

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 6.0.2900.2180, and 7.0.6000.16711, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an automatically submitted form containing a KEYGEN element, a related issue to CVE-2009-1828.

The weakness was published 09/18/2009 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3267 since 09/18/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn’t need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 50128, 50127, 50126 and 50118.

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