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zdiJose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research -ZDI-13-216
HistorySep 11, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Internet Explorer CTreePos Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2013-09-1100:00:00
Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research -
www.zerodayinitiative.com
9

0.843 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%

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 handling of CTreePos objects. The issue lies in the usage of the SelectAll execCommand. An attacker can leverage this situation to execute code under the context of the user running the browser.