PT-2012-5589

CVE-2012-4781

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Published

2012-12-11

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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 10
Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object. This occurs because of a use-after-free vulnerability in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted, potentially corrupting memory to allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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