PT-2012-2355 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Stephen Fewer · Published 2012-02-14 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2012-0155

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 a deleted object, potentially corrupting memory. The issue arises when Internet Explorer accesses an object that has been deleted, which may enable an attacker to execute 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

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0155

ZDI-12-036

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0155 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-010 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0155 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-036 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-010 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14781 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html · Note