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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions (aka HTML+TIME) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 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, aka "Time Element Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The weakness was presented 06/16/2011 as MS11-050 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1255. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55130 , 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 100103 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS11-050)).
Applying the patch MS11-050 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 11341.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (55130). See 4372, 58992, 57683 and 57682 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 55130
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OpenVAS ID: 902443
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2530548)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ie_time_transitionfilter
Saint Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Time Element Memory Corruption
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Patch: MS11-050
Suricata ID: 2013251
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Timeline
03/04/2011 🔍06/14/2011 🔍
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS11-050
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1255 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 31792 - [MS11-050] Microsoft Interned Explorer Time Element Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 48206
OSVDB: 72947
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/08/2021 20:57
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (44), 04/07/2017 12:10 (29), 11/08/2021 20:43 (2), 11/08/2021 20:50 (7), 11/08/2021 20:57 (2)
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