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Title: Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer (822925)
Date: 20 August 2003
Software:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows Server 2003

Impact: Run code of the attacker's choice
Max Risk: Critical
Bulletin: MS03-032

Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletins
at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-032.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-032.asp

Issue:

This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all
previously released patches for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and
6.0. In addition, it eliminates the following newly discovered
vulnerabilities:

• A vulnerability involving the cross-domain security model of
  Internet Explorer, which keeps windows of different domains from
  sharing information. This flaw could result in the execution of
  script in the My Computer zone. To exploit this flaw, an attacker
  would have to host a malicious Web site that contained a Web page
  designed to exploit this particular vulnerability and then
  persuade a user to visit that site. After the user has visited
  the malicious Web site, it would be possible for the attacker to
  run malicious script by misusing the method Internet Explorer
  uses to retrieve files from the browser cache, and cause that
  script to access information in a different domain. In the worst
  case, this could enable the Web site operator to load malicious
  script code onto a user's system in the security context of the
  My Computer zone. In addition, this flaw could also enable an
  attacker to run an executable file that was already present on
  the local system or view files on the computer. The flaw exists
  because a file from the Internet or intranet with a maliciously
  constructed URL can appear in the browser cache running in the My
  Computer zone.

• A vulnerability that occurs because Internet Explorer does not
  properly determine an object type returned from a Web server. It
  could be possible for an attacker who exploited this
  vulnerability to run arbitrary code on a user's system. If a user
  visited an attacker's Web site, it would be possible for the
  attacker to exploit this vulnerability without any other user
  action. An attacker could also craft an HTML-based e-mail that
  would attempt to exploit this vulnerability.

This patch also sets the Kill Bit on the BR549.DLL ActiveX
control. This control implemented support for the Windows
Reporting Tool, which is no longer supported by Internet
Explorer. The control has been found to contain a security
vulnerability. To protect customers who have this control
installed, the patch prevents the control from running or from
being reintroduced onto users' systems by setting the Kill Bit
for this control. This issue is discussed further in Microsoft
Knowledge Base article 822925.

In addition to these vulnerabilities, a change has been made to
the way Internet Explorer renders HTML files. This change
addresses a flaw in the way Internet Explorer renders Web pages
that could cause the browser or Outlook Express to fail. Internet
Explorer does not properly render an input type tag. A user
visiting an attacker's Web site could allow the attacker to
exploit the vulnerability by viewing the site. In addition, an
attacker could craft a specially formed HTML-based e-mail that
could cause Outlook Express to fail when the e-mail was opened or
previewed.

This patch also contains a modification to the fix for the Object
Type vulnerability (CAN-2003-0344) corrected in Microsoft
Security Bulletin MS03-020. The modification corrects the
behavior of the fix to prevent the attack on specific languages.

To exploit these flaws, the attacker would have to create a
specially formed HTML-based e-mail and send it to the user.
Alternatively an attacker would have to host a malicious Web site
that contained a Web page designed to exploit these
vulnerabilities. The attacker would then have to persuade a user
to visit that site.

As with the previous Internet Explorer cumulative patches
released with bulletins MS03-004, MS03-015, and MS03-020 this
cumulative patch will cause window.showHelp( ) to cease to
function if you have not applied the HTML Help update. If you
have installed the updated HTML Help control from Knowledge Base
article 811630, you will still be able to use HTML Help
functionality after applying this patch.

Mitigating Factors:

• By default, Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2003 runs in
  Enhanced Security Configuration. This default configuration of
  Internet Explorer blocks these attacks. If Internet Explorer
  Enhanced Security Configuration has been disabled, the
  protections put in place that prevent these vulnerabilities from
  being exploited would be removed.
• In the Web-based attack scenario, the attacker would have to
  host a Web site that contained a Web page used to exploit these
  vulnerabilities. An attacker would have no way to force users to
  visit a malicious Web site outside the HTML-based e-mail vector.
  Instead, the attacker would need to lure them there, typically by
  getting them to click a link that would take them to the
  attacker's site.
• Code that executed on the system would only run under the
  privileges of the logged-on user.

Risk Rating:

• Critical

Patch Availability:

• A patch is available to fix this vulnerability. Please read
  the Security Bulletins at:

  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-
  032.asp
  http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-
  032.asp

  for information on obtaining this patch.

Acknowledgment:

• Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect
  customers:

• Yu-Arai of LAC for reporting the language specific variant of
  the MS03-020 Object Type vulnerability (CAN-2003-0344), as well
  as the Browser Cache Script Execution in My Computer Zone problem
  to us.

• eEye Digital Security for reporting the Object Type
  vulnerability to us.

• Greg Jones from KPMG UK for reporting the BR549.DLL Buffer
  Overrun problem to us.

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