CVE-2008-4844

Vulnerability Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.

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References

• http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx
• http://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458Exploit
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123015308222620&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33089PatchVendor Advisory
• http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatche
• http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-s
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493881US Government Resource
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspxVendor Advisory
• http://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32721
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021381
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3391Vendor Advisory