CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Win7 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 on Microsoft Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, possibly related to a use-after-free issue, as demonstrated by Peter Vreugdenhil during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.
The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was presented 03/25/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1118. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/05/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 750 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
See 53515 for similar entry.
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- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
03/05/2008 🔍03/25/2010 🔍
03/25/2010 🔍
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03/28/2010 🔍
03/19/2015 🔍
09/05/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2010-1118 (🔍)
X-Force: 57197
Vulnerability Center: 25165 - Internet Explorer 8 Unspecified Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 40417
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 12:22Updated: 09/05/2021 20:02
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (41), 04/07/2017 12:09 (11), 09/05/2021 19:54 (2), 09/05/2021 20:02 (7)
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