Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3161.
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 9 - IEFRAME CMarkup::RemovePointerPos Use-After-Free (MS13-055) EDB-40923 · dos · Dec 15, 2016 · verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - CAnchorElement Use-After-Free (MS13-055) (Metasploit) EDB-28187 · remote · Sep 10, 2013 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17259 vdb-entry signature
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161214001.html
- 40923 exploit
- MS13-055 vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140166/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-9-IEFRAME-CMarkup..RemovePointerPos-Use-After-Free.html
- TA13-190A third-party-advisory