Advisory Details

June 8th, 2010

Microsoft Internet Explorer Stylesheet Array Removal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-102
ZDI-CAN-763

CVE ID CVE-2010-1262
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Internet Explorer 8
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['9735']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required in that a target must visit a malicious page.

The specific flaw exists within IE's support for the CStyleSheet object. When a style sheet array is created it contains a reference to it's root container. If the stylesheet was created as part of an element not in a markup the root container can be freed when that element is destroyed. When the application attempts to use the stylesheet after this, an invalid pointer is utilized. This can be leveraged by attackers to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the browser.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-035.mspx
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-03-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-06-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Peter Vreugdenhil (http://twitter.com/WTFuzz)
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