Vulnerability CVE-2017-0037
Published: 2017-02-26   Modified: 2017-02-27

Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge have a type confusion issue in the Layout::MultiColumnBoxBuilder::HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement function in mshtml.dll, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence and crafted JavaScript code that operates on a TH element.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement Type Confusion
ifratric
24.02.2017
High
Microsoft Internet Explorer MS17-007 mshtml.dll Remote Code Execution
Mohamed Hamdy
25.07.2017

Type:

CWE-704

 (Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10
10/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> EDGE 
Microsoft -> Internet explorer 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96088
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037905
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037906
https://0patch.blogspot.si/2017/03/0patching-another-0-day-internet.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1011
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0037
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41454/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125/
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