[NT] Internet Explorer HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Internet Explorer HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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SUMMARY

Internet Explorer 7 provides "improved navigation through tabbed browsing,
web search right from the toolbar, advanced printing, easy discovery,
reading and subscription to RSS feeds, and much more". Secunia Research
has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

DETAILS

The vulnerability in Internet Explorer is caused due to an error in the
handling of HTML objects as a CMarkup object is used in certain cases
after it has been freed. This can be exploited to corrupt memory via a
specially crafted web page.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
Apply patches (see the Microsoft security bulletin for details):
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-027.mspx>

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-027.mspx

Time Table:
18/01/2007 - Vendor notified.
19/01/2007 - Vendor response.
09/05/2007 - Public disclosure.

CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0947>
CVE-2007-0947

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:vuln@secunia.com> Secunia
Research.
The original article can be found at:
<http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-36/>

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-36/

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