Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Win7

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Win7. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-1347. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Win7 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode and create arbitrary files by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by Stephen Fewer as the third of three chained vulnerabilities during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was released 03/10/2011 as MS11-057 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1347. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1100 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55787 , 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 100098 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities (Deprecated)).

Applying the patch MS11-057 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. 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 11294.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (66064), Tenable (55787), SecurityFocus (BID 46821†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30282†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2069, VDB-4383, VDB-56785 and VDB-56784. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Nessus ID: 55787
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-057
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-1347 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1347
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56786
X-Force: 66064
SecurityFocus: 46821
Vulnerability Center: 30282 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Files Creation, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/19/2021 11:29
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (47), 04/07/2017 12:10 (14), 10/19/2021 11:14 (1), 10/19/2021 11:21 (7), 10/19/2021 11:29 (1)
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