Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, 6 and 7 on Windows XP SP2 and SP3, 6 and 7 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, 7 on Windows Vista Gold and SP1, and 7 on Windows Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that triggers presence of an object in memory that was (1) not properly initialized or (2) deleted, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - EMBED Memory Corruption (PoC) (MS09-014) EDB-8479 · dos · Apr 20, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2009-1028 vdb-entry
- TA09-104A third-party-advisory
- 34678 third-party-advisory
- http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/04/19/ms09-014-embed-element-memory-corruption/
- MS09-014 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6069 vdb-entry signature
- 34424 vdb-entry
- 53626 vdb-entry
- 1022042 vdb-entry
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm