Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4079. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was released 09/09/2014 by 56e7aec02099b976120abfda31254b05 as MS14-052 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4079 since 04/10/2014. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/15/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4919 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77572 (MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)), 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 100210 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS14-052)).

Applying the patch MS14-052 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 16503.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95509), Tenable (77572), SecurityFocus (BID 69581†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030818†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46036†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-12410, VDB-67505, VDB-67513 and VDB-67484. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 77572
Nessus Name: MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-052
Researcher: 56e7aec02099b976120abfda31254b05
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-4079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67481

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X-Force: 95509 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69581
SecurityTracker: 1030818 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 46036 - [MS14-052] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-11 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-4079, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2014 11:11
Updated: 02/15/2022 14:13
Changes: 09/10/2014 11:11 (79), 04/07/2017 12:11 (7), 02/15/2022 14:09 (2), 02/15/2022 14:13 (1)
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