Advisory Details

July 26th, 2013

Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-13-173
ZDI-CAN-1837

CVE ID CVE-2013-3149
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Internet Explorer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


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

The specific flaw exists within the Print command. A CMarkup Element can be freed and used afterwards within the SaveToTempFile function. An attacker can leverage this situation to execute 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:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-055
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2013-04-16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-07-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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