CVE-2009-1529

HIGH

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Remote Code Execution via setCapture Method

Title source: llm

Description

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."

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

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

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6295

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/54948

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

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

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.2874

EPSS Percentile 97.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-908

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/internet_explorer 6 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/internet_explorer 7

microsoft/internet_explorer 5.01 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/internet_explorer 8

Published Jun 10, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026