72946 : Microsoft IE Drag and Drop Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-06-15

Description

A memory corruption flaw exists in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The program fails to sanitize user-supplied input when an unspecified error occurs in the drag and drop feature resulting in memory corruption. This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Internet Explorer	6
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References

CVE ID: 2011-1254 (see also: NVD)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 2530548
Secunia Advisory ID: 44914
Related OSVDB ID: 72942 72943 72944 72947 72948 72949 72950 72951 72952 72953
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/06/14/autorun-related-malware-declines-and-the-june-2011-security-bulletin-release.aspx
News Article: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/14/patch-tuesday-june-2011-16-bulletins-9-critical/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/patch-tuesday-sees-16-fixes/article/205290/
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201124/7275/Patch-Tuesday-Microsoft-hits-34-vulnerabilities-in-16-bulletins
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS11-050

Tools & Filters

	55130

Credit

Nirmal Singh Bhary - Norman

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-06-17 | Disagree?

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