CVE-2012-4792 - Microsoft Internet Explorer
AI Vulnerability ContextUse-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.
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CISA KEVHIGH
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-4792
- Vendor/project
- Microsoft
- Product
- Internet Explorer
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2024-07-23
- Due date
- 2024-08-13
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
CWE-416
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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4792CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer-8-users.aspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8.aspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-foreign-relations/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-internet-explorer-0day/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb