National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2087
Original release date:07/05/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 up to 6 on various Windows operating systems, including IE 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP, 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, as demonstrated using the JVIEW Profiler (Javaprxy.dll). NOTE: the researcher says that the vendor could not reproduce this problem.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-193A
Name: TA05-193A
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#939605
Name: VU#939605
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#959049
Name: VU#959049
External Source: XF
Name: ie-javaprxydll-execute-code(21193)
External Source: BID
Name: 14087
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20050702 Microsoft Internet Explorer "javaprxy.dll" Code Execution Exploit
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 17680
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-037
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/903144.mspx
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-0935
External Source: AUSCERT
Name: ESB-2005.0489
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1014329
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15891
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20050629 SEC-CONSULT SA-20050629-0
Type: Advisory
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:793
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:793
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1518
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1518
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1506
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1506
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1326
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1326
Type: Tool Signature