PT-2007-1699 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2007-06-12 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2007-0218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the instantiation of certain COM objects in Internet Explorer, which can lead to memory corruption. This can be triggered by a specially crafted Web page, allowing an attacker to potentially take complete control of an affected system.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 through 6, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0218

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 14

• http://secunia.com/advisories/25627 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0218 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0218 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-033 · Vendor Advisory
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=542 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32106 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/35348 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1084 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018235 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-033 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/24372 · Note