Vulnerability Note VU#820957

Overview

The Internet Explorer 5.5 Print Template feature contains a vulnerability that allows a web page author to execute arbitrary code as the user viewing the web page.

Description

Internet Explorer version 5.5 supports a feature called "print templates" which allows a web page author to specify a custom print format for the web page. Because the print templates are allowed to execute ActiveX controls, including those that are not marked "safe for scripting", a web page author can use a custom print template to execute arbitrary code as the user printing the web page.

Impact

A user printing a malicious web page may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Apply a Patch Microsoft has published patches correcting this vulnerability. The patches are listed in their advisory at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-093.asp

Systems Affected (Learn More)

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Microsoft Corporation	Affected	01 Dec 2000	16 May 2002

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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

Group	Score	Vector
Base	N/A	N/A
Temporal	N/A	N/A
Environmental	N/A	N/A

References

• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-093.asp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2046

Credit

Thanks to Warren R. Greer for discovering this vulnerability.

This document was written by Cory F. Cohen.

Other Information

• CVE IDs: CVE-2001-0090
• Date Public: 01 Dec 2000
• Date First Published: 27 Sep 2002
• Date Last Updated: 27 Sep 2002
• Severity Metric: 10.76
• Document Revision: 11