CVE-2009-1918
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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 table operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element, related to the getElementsByTagName method, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=953693
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505523/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35826
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022611
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2033
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-047
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-034
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5524
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