CVE-2012-4792

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.

CWEs

Affected Products

References

• http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.html(Broken Link)
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer-8-users.aspx(Broken Link)
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8.aspx(Broken Link)
• http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-foreign-relations/(Third Party Advisory)
• http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-internet-explorer-0day/(Broken Link)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb(Third Party Advisory)
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16361(Broken Link)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-4792(US Government Resource)