Advisory Details

September 16th, 2014

Microsoft Internet Explorer CDataBindTask Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-4103
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability could allow 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 or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of CDataBindTask objects. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can force a dangling pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS14-052
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-06-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-09-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri HP Zero Day Initiative

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