Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1307.

The weakness was disclosed 05/14/2013 by Jose Antonio Vazquez Gonzalez with iDEFENSE Labs as MS13-037 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-0811 since 01/05/2013. 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66412 (MS13-037: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530)), 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 100147 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-037)).

Applying the patch MS13-037 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (66412). Further details are available at nakedsecurity.sophos.com. The entries 7680, 7975, 7977 and 7978 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 66412
Nessus Name: MS13-037: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530)
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OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Use After Free Vulnerabilities (2829530)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-037
Researcher: Jose Antonio Vazquez Gonzalez
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-0811 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 39564 - [MS13-037] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8-9 Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution (CVE-2013-0811), Critical
SecurityFocus: 58570
Secunia: 53327 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 93290 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution (2013-0811)

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Created: 05/15/2013 15:33
Updated: 05/11/2021 09:49
Changes: 05/15/2013 15:33 (50), 04/07/2017 12:03 (26), 05/11/2021 09:41 (8), 05/11/2021 09:45 (2), 05/11/2021 09:49 (1)
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