Secunia Research: Internet Explorer Data Stream Handling Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 08/04/2008
- Internet Explorer Data Stream Handling Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Internet Explorer 5.01
* Internet Explorer 6
* Internet Explorer 7
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
Product Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing data
streams and can be exploited to trigger a use-after-free condition by
returning a specially crafted data stream of e.g. an unexpected
MIME-type for which no handler is registered.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user
visits a malicious website.
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5) Solution
Apply patches provided by MS08-024.
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6) Time Table
23/11/2007 - Vendor notified.
23/11/2007 - Vendor response.
08/04/2008 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-1085 for the vulnerability.
MS08-024 (KB947864):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-024.mspx
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-100/
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