PT-2012-3331 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2012-08-15 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2012-1526

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 6 through 7

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 initialized or has been deleted, potentially corrupting memory. The issue may enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1526

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1526 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1526 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15240 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-052 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html · Note