Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-2094 - Race Condition vulnerability in Microsoft IE and Internet Explorer

047910
CVSS 5.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
high complexity
microsoft
CWE-362
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2006-04-29
Updated: 2021-07-23

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer before Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when Prompt is configured in Security Settings, uses modal dialogs to verify that a user wishes to run an ActiveX control or perform other risky actions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking an object or pressing keys that are actually applied to a "Yes" approval for executing the control.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
23

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Exploit-Db

descriptionMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 Modal Dialog Manipulation Vulnerability. CVE-2006-2094 . Remote exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:27744
last seen2016-02-03
modified2006-04-26
published2006-04-26
reporterMatthew Murphy
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/27744/
titleMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 Modal Dialog Manipulation Vulnerability

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