Overview
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a serious vulnerability in its handling of zone determination.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a vulnerability in the way in which it handles zone determination. Specifically, HTML scripts stored in cookies should be executed in the same zone (typically the "Internet Zone") as the site hosting the cookie. As a result of this vulnerability, a script embedded in a cookie can be executed in the Local Computer zone of the victim's machine. This places systems at risk because the security policies of the "Local Computer Zone" are typically more permissive than those of the "Internet Zone." Viewing a malicious HTML document such as a web page or HTML formatted email message can allow arbitrary commands to be executed on the victim's machine. |
Impact
An attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the target system with the privileges of the victim. |
Solution
Apply vendor patches available from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/Q319182/default.asp. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
The CERT/CC thanks Microsoft for the information contained in MS02-015.
This document was written by Ian A. Finlay.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2002-0078 |
| Severity Metric: | 35.64 |
| Date Public: | 2002-03-29 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-03-29 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-03-29 20:55 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 62 |