Advisory Details

June 13th, 2017

Microsoft Internet Explorer InsertRow Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-8547
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 ['27810']. 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 handling of script methods that insert rows into HTML tables. By performing actions in script, an attacker can trigger a read past the end of an allocated array. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8547
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-03-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-06-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Yu Haiwan Wu HongJun

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