Advisory Details

July 26th, 2013

Microsoft Internet Explorer RemoveSplice Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabliity

CVE ID	CVE-2013-3153
CVSS SCORE	5.1, AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
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 or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the onpropertychange event handler. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can force a dangling pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can 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/security/bulletin/ms13-055
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-04-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-07-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	e6af8de8b1d4b2b6d5ba2610cbf9cd38

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