ghsa-c5c8-vqpp-hm75
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:15
Modified
2025-10-22 03:30
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-4792"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-12-30T18:55:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-c5c8-vqpp-hm75",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T03:30:32Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:15:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4792"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16361"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-4792"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer-8-users.aspx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8.aspx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-foreign-relations"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-internet-explorer-0day"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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