PT-2012-4079 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Ming-Chieh Pan + 1 · Published 2012-08-15 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2012-2522

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 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 malformed virtual function table after its deletion. The vulnerability may corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 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-2012-2522

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2522 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2522 · 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%3A15498 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-052 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html · Note