Vulnerability CVE-2010-0249
Published: 2010-01-15   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 on Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object, related to incorrectly initialized memory and improper handling of objects in memory, as exploited in the wild in December 2009 and January 2010 during Operation Aurora, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Internet Explorer 8/7 Java Html Codes INJECTION
7H3_BoSs
06.03.2010

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Internet explorer 

 References:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835
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