National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0552
Original release date:04/15/2009
Last revised:04/30/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1, 6 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and 6 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that triggers presence of an object in memory that was (1) not properly initialized or (2) deleted, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-104A
Name: TA09-104A
External Source: MS
Name: MS09-014
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1028
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022042
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34678
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 53625