Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream header that triggers memory corruption, aka "Data Stream Header 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 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7 - Memory Corruption (MS09-054) EDB-9893 · remote · Oct 15, 2009 · verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - 'deflate' HTTP Content Encoding Remote Code Execution EDB-33270 · remote · Oct 13, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- MS09-054 vendor-advisory
- TA09-286A third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6454 vdb-entry signature