National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1529

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the setCapture method on a collection of crafted objects, 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: TA09-160A

Name: TA09-160A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS09-019

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-019.mspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-036

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-036

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1538

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022350

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022350

External Source: BID

Name: 35223

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35223

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090610 ZDI-09-036: Microsoft Internet Explorer setCapture Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504205/100/0/threaded

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6295

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6295

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 54948

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54948

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6295

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6295