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HistoryJun 18, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Internet Explorer ControlTracker Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2014-06-1800:00:00
Anonymous
www.zerodayinitiative.com
17

0.708 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.1%

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 handling of ControlTracker objects. By manipulating a document’s elements an attacker can force a dangling pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.