Microsoft Internet Explorer item Object Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ZDI-10-014: January 21st, 2010CVE ID
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Affected Vendors
Affected Products
TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 9427. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.
The specific flaw exists in the handling of cloned DOM objects in JavaScript. A specially crafted sequence of object cloning can result in the use of a pointer after it has been freed. Successful exploitation can lead to remote system compromise under the credentials of the currently logged in user.
Vendor Response
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:Disclosure Timeline
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2009-08-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-01-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
Peter Vreugdenhil ( http://www.vreugdenhilresearch.nl )
