RCE in Microsoft Internet_explorer
CVE-2012-0171
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object, aka "SelectAll Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.532 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 8
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_server_2003
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- MS12-023 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 1026901 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
- TA12-101A (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- ms-ie-selectall-code-exec(74382) (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15313 (Tool Signature, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)