CVE-2009-0075

EXPLOITED

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Uninitialized Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2009-0075 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). EIP tracks 7 public exploits from researchers including Metasploit, webDEViL, David Kennedy (ReL1K), including a Metasploit module exploits/windows/browser/ms09_002_memory_corruption.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 (CVE-2009-0075) by manipulating uninitialized memory via the CFunctionPointer function. It uses JavaScript to trigger the vulnerability and execute arbitrary shellcode.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 does not properly handle errors during attempted access to deleted objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to CFunctionPointer and the appending of document objects, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Exploits (7)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16555

This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 (CVE-2009-0075) by manipulating uninitialized memory via the CFunctionPointer function. It uses JavaScript to trigger the vulnerability and execute arbitrary shellcode.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2-SP3 / Windows Vista SP0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 7
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by webDEViL · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8082

This is a heap spray exploit targeting CVE-2009-0075, a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer's handling of HTML objects. The exploit uses JavaScript to spray the heap with shellcode and trigger the vulnerability via the 'click' method on a cloned 'tbody' element, leading to arbitrary code execution (spawning calc.exe).

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer (tested on Windows Server 2003 SP2)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by David Kennedy (ReL1K) · pythonremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8080

This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (CVE-2009-0076) by serving a malicious HTML page with JavaScript that triggers a buffer overflow, leading to remote code execution via a bind shell on port 5500.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit the malicious HTTP server on port 80 · Internet Explorer 7 must be vulnerable (unpatched)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Abysssec · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8079

This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 (CVE-2009-0076) via JavaScript heap spraying. It uses a bind shell shellcode to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable systems.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Internet Explorer 7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 7
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by anonymous · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8077

This exploit targets a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer (CVE-2009-0075) by manipulating JavaScript arrays and DOM objects to trigger a heap spray and arbitrary code execution. The PoC uses unescape and heap spraying techniques to achieve remote code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 7
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC
pythonremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8152

This exploit targets CVE-2009-0075, a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7, by spraying the heap with shellcode and triggering the bug via a crafted HTML page. It uses a Metasploit-generated payload to achieve remote code execution (calc.exe).

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 on Windows XP SP2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit the malicious web page · Target must be using Internet Explorer 7
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →
metasploit WORKING POC NORMAL
rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms09_002_memory_corruption.rb

This Metasploit module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (CVE-2009-0075) by manipulating uninitialized memory via the CFunctionPointer function. It uses JavaScript to trigger the vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2-SP3 / Windows Vista SP0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage or be redirected to it
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8082
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-011/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33627
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0389
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/51839
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8079
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8080
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8077
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-041A.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-002

Scores

EPSS 0.8693
EPSS Percentile 99.5%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2010-05-01
CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
Published Feb 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026