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Internet Explorer Suppressed "Download Dialog"Vulnerability

CVE	Category	Price	Severity
CVE-2018-8255	CWE-79	Not Specified	High

Author	Risk	Exploitation Type	Date
Mohamed A. Baset	High	Local	2005-12-14

CPE
cpe:cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer

CVSS	EPSS	EPSSP
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	0.02192	0.50148

CVSS vector description

Metric	Value	Metric Description	Value Description
Attack vector	Network	AV	The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers). An example of a network attack is an attacker causing a denial of service by sending a specially crafted TCP packet across a wide area network (e.g., CVE-2004-0230).
Attack Complexity	Low	AC	The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Privileges Required	None	PR	The attacker is unauthenticated prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
Scope	Unchanged	S	An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In the case of a vulnerability in a virtualized environment, an exploited vulnerability in one guest instance would not affect neighboring guest instances.
Confidentiality	None	C	There is no impact on the confidentiality of the system; the attacker does not gain the ability to read any data.
Integrity	Low	I	Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the extent of what the attacker can affect is limited. The data modified does not have a direct, serious impact on the system.
Availability	None	A	There is no impact on the availability of the system; the attacker does not have the ability to disrupt access to or use of the system.

http://cxsecurity.com/ascii/WLB-2005120034

====================================================================== Secunia Research 13/12/2005 - Internet Explorer Suppressed "Download Dialog" Vulnerability - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Description of Vulnerability.........................................3 Solution.............................................................4 Time Table...........................................................5 Credits..............................................................6 About Secunia........................................................7 Verification.........................................................8 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Prior versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System Access Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to trick users into downloading and executing arbitrary programs on a user's system. A design error in the processing of mouse clicks in new browser windows and the predictability of the position of the "File Download" dialog box can be exploited to trick the user into clicking on the "Run" button of the dialog box. This is exploited by first causing a "File Download" dialog box to be displayed underneath a new browser window, and then tricking the user into double-clicking within a specific area in the new window. This will result in an unintended click of the "Run" button in the hidden "File Download" dialog box. ====================================================================== 4) Solution Apply patches. Please see MS05-054 (KB905915): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-054.mspx ====================================================================== 5) Time Table 26/06/2005 - Vulnerability discovered and reported to vendor. 13/12/2005 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 6) Credits Discovered by Jakob Balle, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 7) About Secunia Secunia collects, validates, assesses, and writes advisories regarding all the latest software vulnerabilities disclosed to the public. These advisories are gathered in a publicly available database at the Secunia web site: http://secunia.com/ Secunia offers services to our customers enabling them to receive all relevant vulnerability information to their specific system configuration. Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ ====================================================================== 8) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia web site: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-21/advisory/ Complete list of vulnerability reports released by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================

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