CVE-2012-4792

HIGH KEV

Microsoft Internet Explorer <9 - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.

Exploits (5)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23785

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exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23754

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github STUB 31 stars

by OpenSISE · cpoc

https://github.com/OpenSISE/CVE_PoC_Collect/tree/master/RCE/internet explorer/CVE-2012-4792

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nomisec STUB

by WizardVan · poc

https://github.com/WizardVan/CVE-2012-4792

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metasploit WORKING POC NORMAL

by eromang, mahmud ab rahman, juan vazquez, sinn3r, Peter Vreugdenhil · rubypocwin

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb

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References (14)

[Broken Link] http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.html

[Broken Link] http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer-8-users.aspx

[Broken Link] http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8.aspx

[Third Party Advisory] http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-foreign-relations/

[Broken Link] http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-internet-explorer-0day/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.html

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16361

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-4792

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.9143

EPSS Percentile 99.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CISA KEV 2024-07-23

VulnCheck KEV 2012-12-29

InTheWild.io 2020-09-28

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2012-4717

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (3)

microsoft/internet_explorer 6

microsoft/internet_explorer 7

microsoft/internet_explorer 8

Published Dec 30, 2012

KEV Added Jul 23, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026