CVE-2009-3672
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly handle objects in memory that (1) were not properly initialized or (2) are deleted, which allows...
- Published
- Dec 2, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Jul 12, 2010
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly handle objects in memory that (1) were not properly initialized or (2) are deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a call to the getElementsByTagName method for the STYLE tag name, selection of the single element in the returned list, and a change to the outerHTML property of this element, related to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and mshtml.dll, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue was originally assigned CVE-2009-4054, but Microsoft assigned a duplicate identifier of CVE-2009-3672. CVE consumers should use this identifier instead of CVE-2009-4054.
Sources
1- Microsoft Internet Explorer - Style getElementsByTagName Memory Corruption (MS09-072) (Metasploit)Exploit
Metasploit · windows · Jul 12, 2010
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