CVE-2005-2127
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17509
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/72
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740372
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898241
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1450
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34754
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1155
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1454
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1464
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1468
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1535
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1538
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