National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0553

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 6 and 7 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, 7 on Windows Vista Gold and SP1, and 7 on Windows Server 2008 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):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-104A

Name: TA09-104A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS09-014

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-014.mspx

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1028

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1028

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022042

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022042

External Source: BID

Name: 34424

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34424

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm

External Source: MISC

Name: http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/04/19/ms09-014-embed-element-memory-corruption/

Hyperlink:http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/04/19/ms09-014-embed-element-memory-corruption/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34678

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34678

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6069

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6069

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 53626

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/53626

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6069

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6069