RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2012-0170
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object, aka "OnReadyStateChange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.224 (97.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)