Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode and create arbitrary files by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by Stephen Fewer as the third of three chained vulnerabilities during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011.
References
- MS11-057 vendor-advisory
- http://twitter.com/msftsecresponse/statuses/45646985998516224
- http://twitter.com/aaronportnoy/statuses/45642180118855680
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/02/pwn2own-2011
- ms-ie-unspec-ce(66064) vdb-entry
- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214002/Safari_IE_hacked_first_at_Pwn2Own
- 46821 vdb-entry
- https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/pwn2own-winner-stephen-fewer-031011
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2011-ie8-on-windows-7-hijacked-with-3-vulnerabilities/8367