Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-0036. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, relagted to a "dangling pointer," aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2556 and CVE-2011-0035.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was released 02/10/2011 as MS11-003 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0036. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1072 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51903 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100096 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS11-003 and KB2488013)).

Applying the patch MS11-003 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10798.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64914), Tenable (51903), SecurityFocus (BID 46158†), OSVDB (70832†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025038†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-55832, VDB-56412 and VDB-56410. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 51903
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OpenVAS ID: 901180
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2482017)
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS11-003
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03/05/2008 🔍
12/10/2010 +1009 days 🔍
02/08/2011 +60 days 🔍
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03/20/2015 +1499 days 🔍
01/26/2025 +3600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-003
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0036 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0036
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56411

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X-Force: 64914
SecurityFocus: 46158
Secunia: 42510
OSVDB: 70832
SecurityTracker: 1025038
Vulnerability Center: 29637 - [MS11-003] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 01/26/2025 06:16
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (47), 04/07/2017 12:10 (23), 10/16/2021 10:05 (3), 10/16/2021 10:10 (7), 10/16/2021 10:15 (3), 01/26/2025 06:16 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:893:103

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