CVE-2009-0553

Microsoft Internet Explorer <7 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-0553. PoCs published by Skylined.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2009-0553, which targets a race condition memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer's handling of the EMBED element. The exploit uses a list of MIME types to trigger the vulnerability when the page loads.

Description

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."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Skylined · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8479

This is a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2009-0553, which targets a race condition memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer's handling of the EMBED element. The exploit uses a list of MIME types to trigger the vulnerability when the page loads.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer (versions affected by MS09-014)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1028
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34678
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6069
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34424
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/53626
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022042

Scores

EPSS 0.7242
EPSS Percentile 98.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
Published Apr 15, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026