PT-2011-3537 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

David Bloom · Published 2011-10-11 · Updated 2022-02-28 · CVE-2011-1998

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 9

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, potentially corrupting memory and enabling the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the logged-on user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1998

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1998 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-081 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1998 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13199 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-081 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/49963 · Note