PT-2012-4092 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Stephen Fewer · Published 2012-09-21 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2012-2548

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 use-after-free issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object. This occurs due to the way Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted, potentially corrupting memory and enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current 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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2548

ZDI-12-200

ZDI-13-007

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-200 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2548 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-007 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2548 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-063 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027555 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-255A.html · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-063 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55646 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15449 · Note