Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2007-3091
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the "bait & switch vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003558
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003558 - Detected Too Many Outbound HTTP Requests With Cookie Header
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0