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zdiStephen Fewer of Harmony Security (www.harmonysecurity.com)ZDI-11-248
HistoryAug 09, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 STYLE Object Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2011-08-0900:00:00
Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security (www.harmonysecurity.com)
www.zerodayinitiative.com
11

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.937 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.1%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the part of the application that is responsible for handling STYLE elements. By creating a STYLE element with an invalid behavior, an attacker can force an object of invalid type to be called, resulting in corruption of heap memory. This can be leveraged by an attacker to achieve code execution under the context of the application.

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.937 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.1%