PT-2012-4079
CVE-2012-2522
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Published
2012-08-15
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Updated
2018-10-12
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.3
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9
Description
A remote code execution issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a malformed virtual function table after its deletion. The vulnerability may corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Recommendations
For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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