HIGH: CVE-2010-0249 actively exploited — microsoft internet explorer

CVE: CVE-2010-0249

CVSS: 8.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: HIGH

Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)

Affected

• microsoft internet explorer
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows xp
• microsoft windows server 2008

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 on Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object, related to incorrectly initialized memory and improper handling of objects in memory, as exploited in the wild in December 2009 and January 2010 during Operation Aurora, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Verified Sources

• NVD entry
• GitHub Advisory
• MITRE
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html
• http://osvdb.org/61697
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._