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

2016-10-1100:00:00
62600BCA031B9EB5CB4A74ADDDD6771E
www.zerodayinitiative.com
13

EPSS

0.24

Percentile

96.7%

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 vulnerability relates to how Internet Explorer keeps track of linked web resources. By manipulating a document’s elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.