Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9/10 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9/10 (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:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 10 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," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3162.

The weakness was published 07/09/2013 by Ivan Fratric and Ben Hawkes with Google Security Team as ms13-jul as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-3115 since 04/17/2013. Access to the local network is required for this attack. 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 67212 (MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)), 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 100157 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-055)).

Applying the patch MS13-JUL 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 13020.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (67212). Similar entries are available at 9405, 9406, 9407 and 9408.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 67212
Nessus Name: MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)
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OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2846071)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: ms13-jul
Researcher: Ivan Fratric, Ben Hawkes
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3115 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 40390 - [MS13-055] Microsoft Internet Explorer 7-10 Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution \\ DoS - CVE-2013-3115, Critical
SecurityFocus: 60941
Secunia: 54060 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 94983 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Memory Corruption (2013-3115)

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Created: 07/10/2013 16:31
Updated: 05/18/2021 11:38
Changes: 07/10/2013 16:31 (51), 04/07/2017 12:18 (34), 05/18/2021 11:23 (7), 05/18/2021 11:31 (2), 05/18/2021 11:38 (1)
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Committer: olku

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