Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 8 Row Reference resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 8. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Row Reference Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-1532. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 8 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the component Row Reference Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 8 for Server 2003 SP2; 8 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 8 for Server 2008 SP2 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "malformed row property references" that trigger an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 06/09/2009 by Nils with ZDI as MS09-019 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1532 since 05/05/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 8234.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50775), Tenable (39341), SecurityFocus (BID 35235†), OSVDB (54951†) and Secunia (SA35362†). Further details are available at blog.seattlepi.com. The entries VDB-3983, VDB-3984, VDB-3981 and VDB-3985 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for 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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-019
Researcher: Nils
Organization: ZDI
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3987

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X-Force: 50775
SecurityFocus: 35235
Secunia: 35362 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 54951 - Microsoft IE Crafted HTML Malformed Row Property References Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1022350 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 22475 - [MS09-019] Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Memory Remote Code Execution and DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1538

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

Created: 06/19/2009 18:36
Updated: 01/21/2025 17:28
Changes: 06/19/2009 18:36 (63), 04/07/2017 12:02 (32), 03/17/2021 10:39 (8), 03/17/2021 10:43 (2), 03/17/2021 10:50 (2), 01/21/2025 17:28 (27)
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