CVE-2011-1345

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by Stephen Fewer as the first of three chained vulnerabilities during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011, aka "Object Management Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/pwn2own-winner-stephen-fewer-031011

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12228

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66062

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-018

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2011-ie8-on-windows-7-hijacked-with-3-vulnerabilities/8367

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025327

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46821

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214002/Safari_IE_hacked_first_at_Pwn2Own

http://twitter.com/msftsecresponse/statuses/45646985998516224

http://twitter.com/aaronportnoy/statuses/45642180118855680

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/02/pwn2own-2011

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3