CVE-2012-1545

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Products (30)

microsoft · ievulnerable

microsoft · internet_explorervulnerable

References (8)

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars

http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html

http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars

http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html

http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621