Advisory Details

September 25th, 2014

Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Transition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-4067
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 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. By setting a "background" style property in a specific way and then performing a visual transition, an attacker can cause Internet Explorer to write beyond an allocated region of memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=507027
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-05-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-09-25 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	lokihardt@asrt

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