MS Advisory (2757760) Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Publish date: March 03, 2014

Severity: CRITICAL

CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-4969

Advisory Date: SEP 17, 2012

DESCRIPTION

A remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, 8, and 9 is being used in some targeted attacks. Visiting a website or webpage where the exploit is hosted may automatically run the exploit. Trend Micro detects the exploit as HTML_EXPDROP.II.

Note that this vulnerability does not affect Internet Explorer 10. The following Windows Server Core Installations are also not affected:

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2012

TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through the following Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities.

MS Bulletin ID	Vulnerability ID	DPI Rule Number	DPI Rule Name	Release Date	IDF Compatibility
		1005194	Microsoft Internet Explorer 'execCommand' Use-After-Free Vulnerability	18-Sep-12	YES

AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9

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