54950 : Microsoft IE Crafted onreadystatechange Event Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-06-09

Time to Patch
134 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-1531" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via frequent calls to the getElementsByTagName function combined with the creation of an object during reordering of elements, followed by an onreadystatechange event, which triggers an access of an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-1531 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35234
Secunia Advisory ID: 35362
SCIP VulDB ID: 3986
Related OSVDB ID: 54944 54945 54946 54947 54948 54949 54951
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 969897
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-06/0122.html
News Article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/340124/Microsoft_Issues_Record_31_Patches_for_Bugs_in_Windows_IE_Office_Apps?taxonomyName=security
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-039
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS09-019

Tools & Filters

	39341

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-06-11 | Disagree?

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