PT-2012-4079

CVE-2012-2522

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Published

2012-08-15

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Updated

2018-10-12

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CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV: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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