2007-0946 | Microsoft Internet Explorer memory corruption (BID-23770 / XFDB-33256)


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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 07/27/2005. The weakness was released 05/08/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0946 since 02/14/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 650 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25166 (MS07-027: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10104.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 23770), X-Force (33256), Secunia (SA23769), SecurityTracker (ID 1018019) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15049). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 3057, 3056, 3054 and 3055.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 25166
Nessus Name: MS07-027: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768)
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07/14/2021 +1913 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0946 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 23770 – Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Objects Script Errors Variant Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 23769 – Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
X-Force: 33256
SecurityTracker: 1018019 – Microsoft Internet Explorer Bugs Let Remote Users Modify Files or Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 15049 – [MS07-027] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution via Crafted HTML Objects, Critical
OSVDB: 34402 – Microsoft IE HTML Objects Unspecified Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2007-1712

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Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/14/2021 15:56
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