CVE-2012-4792: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
High · CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 78.8%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: microsoft
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
microsoft: ie
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.… (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explore… (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-int… (opens in new tab)
- eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-fo… (opens in new tab)
- labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-interne… (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-Afte… (opens in new tab)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/brow… (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16361 (opens in new tab)
- technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220 (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201 (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.html (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.html (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)