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CVE-2005-2127
published 2005-08-19

CVE-2005-2127: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a…

PriorityP270high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
63.67%
99.1th percentile
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 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 intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftie
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftnet_framework
microsoftoffice
microsoftoffice
microsoftproject
microsoftproject
microsoftproject
microsoftproject
microsoftvisio
microsoftvisio
microsoftvisio
microsoftvisual_database_tools_database_designer
microsoftvisual_studio
microsoftvisual_studio_net
microsoftvisual_studio_net
microsoftvisual_studio_net

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

filenamemsdds.dll
otherEC444CB6-3E7E-4865-B1C3-0DE72EF39B3F
bytes
%u4343%u4343%u43eb
  • Detect instantiation of the vulnerable COM object CLSID EC444CB6-3E7E-4865-B1C3-0DE72EF39B3F (msdds.dll) via Internet Explorer — presence of this CLSID in HTML/script content is a strong indicator of exploitation attempts.
  • Monitor for outbound or inbound TCP connections on port 28876, which is the bind-shell port opened by the exploit payload.
  • Flag web pages containing both a JavaScript unescape() heap-spray block and an <object> or CLSID reference to EC444CB6-3E7E-4865-B1C3-0DE72EF39B3F as high-confidence CVE-2005-2127 exploit pages.
  • This vulnerability is triggered via COM object instantiation in Internet Explorer; monitor iexplore.exe for loading of msdds.dll from unexpected or web-cache paths.
  • ·The exploit was tested specifically against Internet Explorer 6 SP2 on Windows XP SP2; detection rules targeting this CLSID may not apply to other browsers or OS versions.
  • ·The vulnerable msdds.dll may be installed by multiple applications beyond Visual Studio .NET; the affected package list should be treated as non-exhaustive.
  • ·CVE-2005-2127 (msdds.dll / EC444CB6 CLSID) is a distinct vulnerability from the related 'COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability' CVE-2005-2831, though both involve COM object instantiation in IE.

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vulncheck7.5HIGH
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