Microsoft Internet Explorer Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800208");
  script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-19 13:40:09 +0100 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5551", "CVE-2008-5552", "CVE-2008-5553",
                "CVE-2008-5554", "CVE-2008-5555", "CVE-2008-5556");
  script_name("Microsoft Internet Explorer Anti-XSS Filter Vulnerabilities");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32780");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/ie80-xss.txt");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/archive/2008-12/msg00057.html");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows");
  script_dependencies("gb_ms_ie_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("MS/IE/Version");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary codes in the
  context of the application and can perform the XSS attacks on the remote hosts without any consent of IE.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Windows Platform with Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"These flaws are due to:

  - Injections facilitated by some HTTP headers are not currently blocked.

  - Injections into some contexts are not blocked where contents can be
  injected directly into JavaScript without breaking out a string.

  - Allowing access to the attacker to inject XSS string in 2 different HTML
  positions.

  - It lets the attacker execute XSS attacks using CRLF sequence in
  conjunction with a crafted Content-Type header.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of
  this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release,
  disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Internet Explorer is prone to anti-xss filter vulnerabilities.");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

if( !ieVer = get_kb_item("MS/IE/Version") ) exit( 0 );

if(version_in_range(version:ieVer, test_version:"8.0", test_version2:"8.0.6001.18241")) {
  security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}