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zdiSam Thomas of eshu.co.ukZDI-09-086
HistoryDec 08, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Internet Explorer XHTML DOM Manipulation Memory Corruption Vulnerability

2009-12-0800:00:00
Sam Thomas of eshu.co.uk
www.zerodayinitiative.com
12

0.847 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required in that a user must visit a malicious web page. The specific flaw exists in the manipulation and parsing of certain HTML tags. The ordering of various objects in a malformed way results in memory corruption resulting in a call to a dangling pointer which can be further leveraged via a heap spray. Exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to remote system compromise under the credentials of the currently logged in user.