Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Event resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Event Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-1530. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Event Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by repeatedly adding HTML document nodes and calling event handlers, which triggers an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 06/09/2009 by ling wush with team509 as MS09-019 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1530 since 05/05/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39341 (MS09-019: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)), 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 100073 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS09-019)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS09-019 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. 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 8194.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50773), Tenable (39341), SecurityFocus (BID 35224†), OSVDB (54949†) and Secunia (SA35362†). Additional details are provided at computerworld.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-3983, VDB-3984, VDB-3981 and VDB-3987. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 39341
Nessus Name: MS09-019: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)
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OpenVAS ID: 900364
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (969897)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-019
Researcher: ling wush
Organization: team509
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3985

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X-Force: 50773
SecurityFocus: 35224
Secunia: 35362 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 54949 - Microsoft IE Crafted HTML Document Node Addition Event Handler Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1022350 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 22473 - [MS09-019] Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Object Remote Memory Corruption and Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1538

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2009 18:36
Updated: 03/17/2021 10:24
Changes: 06/19/2009 18:36 (63), 04/07/2017 12:02 (33), 03/17/2021 10:15 (8), 03/17/2021 10:18 (2), 03/17/2021 10:24 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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