CVE-2007-0942

Microsoft Internet Explorer <7 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4; 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2; and possibly 7 on Windows Vista does not properly "instantiate certain COM objects as ActiveX controls," which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COM object from chtskdic.dll.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1939
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1712
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/34399
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33252
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018019
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23769
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.3221
EPSS Percentile 98.2%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/ie 6.0 sp1
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0.1 sp4
microsoft/internet_explorer 6.0
microsoft/internet_explorer 7.0
Published May 08, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026