Advisory Details

August 13th, 2013

Microsoft Internet Explorer CreateMarkupPointer2 Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-13-194
ZDI-CAN-1922

CVE ID CVE-2013-3184
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Internet Explorer
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['13115']. 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 to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the usage of an object created by CreateMarkupPointer2. The process can be forced to reuse a dangling pointer of the object resulting in a use-after-free condition. 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/ms13-059
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2013-06-27 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-08-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Peter 'corelanc0d3r' Van Eeckhoutte - Corelan - www.corelangcv.com
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