Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2556 and CVE-2011-0036.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was published 02/10/2011 as MS11-003 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0035. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1072 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51903 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100096 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS11-003 and KB2488013)).

Applying the patch MS11-003 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10802.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64914), Tenable (51903), SecurityFocus (BID 46157†), OSVDB (70831†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29636†). Similar entries are available at VDB-55832, VDB-56412 and VDB-56411.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 51903
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OpenVAS ID: 901180
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2482017)
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Patch: MS11-003
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-003
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0035 (🔍)
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X-Force: 64914
SecurityFocus: 46157
Secunia: 42510
OSVDB: 70831
Vulnerability Center: 29636 - [MS11-003] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption, Medium

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Created: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM
Updated: 10/16/2021 10:00 AM
Changes: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM (47), 04/07/2017 12:10 PM (22), 10/16/2021 09:54 AM (3), 10/16/2021 09:56 AM (7), 10/16/2021 10:00 AM (3)
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