National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1919
Original release date:07/29/2009
Last revised:08/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly handle attempts to access deleted objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document containing embedded style sheets that modify unspecified rule properties that cause the behavior element to be "improperly processed," 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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External Source: MS
Name: MS09-034
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-048
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2033
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022611
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090805 ZDI-09-048: Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Behavior Memory Corruption Vulnerability
