Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2007-0099
Race condition in the msxml3 module in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, as used in Internet Explorer 6 and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via many nested tags in an XML document in an IFRAME, when synchronous document rendering is frequently disrupted with asynchronous events, as demonstrated using a JavaScript timer, which can trigger NULL pointer dereferences or memory corruption, aka "MSXML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.251 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.251 · newest: 0.251 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 6
- Microsoft XML Core Services — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/32627 (vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jan/0110.html (mailing-list)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21872 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- isc.sans.org/diary.php
- secunia.com/advisories/23655 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0113.html (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3111 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-069 (vendor-advisory)