Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 10 Consumer Preview heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9/10 Consumer Preview and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1544. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9/10 Consumer Preview (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-1876. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2012-1876. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-1876 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

The weakness was disclosed 03/08/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at arstechnica.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1544 since 03/09/2012. 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 private exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/07/2017). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 802708 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73869), Tenable (802708), OSVDB (80173†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34793†). The entry VDB-4848 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 802708
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Internet Explorer 11

Timelineinfo

03/08/2012 🔍
03/09/2012 +1 days 🔍
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03/15/2012 +6 days 🔍
03/18/2012 +3 days 🔍
03/19/2012 +1 days 🔍
04/03/2012 +15 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1830 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: arstechnica.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-1544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4847
X-Force: 73869
OSVDB: 80173 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 34793 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution, High

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

Created: 03/19/2012 09:51
Updated: 04/07/2017 15:22
Changes: 03/19/2012 09:51 (49), 04/07/2017 15:22 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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