AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
99.1%
SSVC
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
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.
[
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor": "microsoft",
"product": "ie",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "8.0"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unknown"
}
]
blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.html
blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer-8-users.aspx
blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8.aspx
eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-foreign-relations/
labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-internet-explorer-0day/
packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.html
technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.html
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.html
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008
github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16361