PT-2009-5943 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Sam Thomas · Published 2009-12-09 · Updated 2024-10-21 · CVE-2009-3671

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 version 8

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that was not properly initialized or has been deleted, leading to memory corruption. An attacker could exploit this by constructing a specially crafted Web page. If successfully exploited, an attacker could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user, potentially taking complete control of an affected system if the user has administrative rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3671

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3671 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3671 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99005 · Telegram Post
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6382 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023293 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072 · Note