CVE-2009-2668 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 6.0.2900.2180 and 7 through 7.0.6000.16473 allows remote attac

CVE-2009-2668

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 6.0.2900.2180 and 7 through 7.0.6000.16473 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags, a related issue to CVE-2009-1232.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0193.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.8 (as of 06-08-2009 - 04:00)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-399

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

refmap via4

bugtraq	20090725 DoS vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer
misc	http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/

Last major update

06-08-2009 - 04:00

Published

05-08-2009 - 19:30

Last modified

06-08-2009 - 04:00