PT-2009-5051 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Hong10 · Published 2009-08-03 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-2655

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is achieved by calling the JavaScript findText method with a crafted Unicode string in the first argument and only one additional argument. For example, a second argument of -1 can be used to demonstrate this issue.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 and 8, consider disabling JavaScript as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to potentially malicious websites to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2655

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9253 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9253 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2655 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35799 · Note