SB2007121101 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5347)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling certain DHTML object methods. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited.

2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5344)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or that has been deleted. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

3) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3903)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or that has been deleted. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

4) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3902)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or that has been deleted. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms07-069.aspx