National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-1990
Original release date:08/10/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 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 ActiveX controls, including (1) devenum.dll, (2) diactfrm.dll, (3) wmm2filt.dll, (4) fsusd.dll, (5) dmdskmgr.dll, (6) browsewm.dll, (7) browseui.dll, (8) shell32.dll, (9) mshtml.dll, (10) inetcfg.dll, (11) infosoft.dll, (12) query.dll, (13) syncui.dll, (14) clbcatex.dll, (15) clbcatq.dll, (16) comsvcs.dll, and (17) msconf.dll, which causes memory corruption, aka "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2087.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-221A
Name: TA05-221A
Type: Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#959049
Name: VU#959049
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-038
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16373
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 14511
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-1353
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1014643
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1337
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1337
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1235
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1235
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1221
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1221
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1061
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1061
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100082
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100082
Type: Tool Signature