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Internet Explorer 6 Window "location" Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA30857	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-06-26
Last Update:	2008-10-14
Popularity:	10,551 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Security Bypass Cross Site Scripting
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-2947

Description: Ph4nt0m Security Team has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-domain scripting attacks. The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when handling the "location" or "location.href" property of a window object. This can be exploited by a malicious website to e.g. open a trusted site and execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context of the trusted site. The vulnerability is confirmed in IE6 on Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be affected. Solution: Apply patches. Windows XP SP2/SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A7F0F47B-B1EE-4516-9FBF-BF8E579963D0 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=234C05FB-988B-4E02-AAB6-BB23E447DF3D Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=AE8D22D5-20AA-471D-A423-F54C9D75FEBE Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=07FC88C4-2571-4A4D-B573-AE576798AB4C Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based Systems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B68937AF-F04A-4D1E-9D7F-EC92AF5194DE Provided and/or discovered by: Ph4nt0m Security Team Changelog: 2008-06-27: Added link to US-CERT. 2008-07-09: Added CVE reference. 2008-10-14: Microsoft issues patches. Updated "Solution" section. Original Advisory: Ph4nt0m Security Team (Chinese): http://www.ph4nt0m.org-a.googlepages.com/PSTZine_0x02_0x04.txt MS08-058 (KB956390): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-058.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#923508: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/923508

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