Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Append Object resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Append Object Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0075. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Append Object Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not properly handle errors during attempted access to deleted objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to CFunctionPointer and the appending of document objects, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 07/27/2005. The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2009 with Microsoft as MS09-002 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0075 since 01/08/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1294 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35630 (MS09-002: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (961260)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100070 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS09-002)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS09-002 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6753.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48309), Exploit-DB (8082), Tenable (35630), SecurityFocus (BID 33627†) and OSVDB (51839†). The entry VDB-3918 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 35630
Nessus Name: MS09-002: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (961260)
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OpenVAS ID: 900078
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (961260)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ie_deleted_object
Saint Name: Internet Explorer deleted object memory corruption

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MetaSploit ID: ms09_002_memory_corruption.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS09-002 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 CFunctionPointer Uninitialized Memory Corruption
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/27/2005 🔍
01/08/2009 +1261 days 🔍
02/10/2009 +33 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-002
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0075 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0075
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3917

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X-Force: 48309
SecurityFocus: 33627 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 33845 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 51839
Vulnerability Center: 20799 - [MS09-002] Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0389

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/19/2009 14:54
Updated: 11/24/2024 10:50
Changes: 02/19/2009 14:54 (62), 04/07/2017 12:02 (39), 03/17/2021 07:41 (8), 03/17/2021 07:45 (1), 11/24/2024 10:50 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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