Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 04/12/2011. The weakness was presented 11/11/2014 by Bo Qu with Palo Alto Networks as MS14-065 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-6337 since 09/11/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1309 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79126 (MS14-065: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3003057)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100215 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS14-065)).

Applying the patch MS14-065 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16954.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98348), Tenable (79126), SecurityFocus (BID 70337†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031185†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47017†). See VDB-68169, VDB-68166, VDB-68167 and VDB-68182 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 79126
Nessus Name: MS14-065: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3003057)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-065
Researcher: Bo Qu
Organization: Palo Alto Networks
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-6337 (🔍)
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X-Force: 98348 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 70337 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-6337 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031185 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Bypass ASLR Security Protection
Vulnerability Center: 47017 - [MS14-065] Internet Explorer 10 Through 11 on Workstations Remote Host Privilege due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-6337, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/12/2014 05:00 PM
Updated: 02/24/2022 02:21 PM
Changes: 11/12/2014 05:00 PM (83), 04/07/2017 12:11 PM (7), 02/24/2022 02:21 PM (3)
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