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Internet Explorer Data Stream Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA27707	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-04-08
Last Update:	2008-06-03
Popularity:	8,792 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x

Binary Analysis:	BA298 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-1085

Description: Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing data streams and can be exploited to trigger a use-after-free condition by returning a specially crafted data stream of e.g. an unexpected MIME-type for which no handler is registered. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user visits a malicious website. Solution: Apply patches. Windows 2000 SP4 with Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B051AE04-FE81-440D-9136-D6B239CA954E Windows 2000 SP4 with Internet Explorer 6 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=75D2DC78-E3A4-4FF6-9E2D-BF1935003E8E Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=36C641AD-953F-4B09-BA1C-9C383295E180 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=85BEACC0-8CA2-4DED-9C24-23348D05C735 Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 with Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0444B76E-93FA-43C2-B1BC-A5C054529EB5 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP1) and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5EBB5EF9-615F-4CAB-BAC5-6F45F1B94952 Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=63DA8040-FDA2-42C7-8543-26AD6F9811F2 Windows XP SP2/SP3 with Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=E771EFE8-8881-4F23-B5B0-15651A390BA9 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9364BF81-6505-4788-958D-A4BD29DC98AD Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 with Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9ACD2A03-5530-49C8-9EA1-0BFAF259700D Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A9E406AA-33E2-49B8-AB54-4A7328E46147 Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=75A05D3A-92A0-4A00-95D4-E2B2F6755180 Windows Vista (optionally with SP1) and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=D4E24966-6530-463A-9EE2-F6A9D000F998 Windows Vista x64 Edition (optionally with SP1) and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=295CF8F2-265E-4570-B708-21033337FE05 Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=E57B4D94-19AD-4818-8311-A3F94BE01A4B Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=93E9F52A-C7D0-4033-9C12-740665A219AF Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=ACF948E8-C4A9-40DA-B282-F5E584E77B05 Provided and/or discovered by: Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research. Changelog: 2008-06-03: Updated "Solution" section with information about IE7 patch for Windows XP SP2 also applying to Windows XP SP3. Original Advisory: Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-100/ MS08-024 (KB947864): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-024.mspx

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