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Credit:
The information has been provided by Peter Vreugdenhil.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-036
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 and earlier
The specific vulnerability exists when calling the setCapture method on a range of objects. When setCapture is called on a collection of specially crafted objects memory becomes corrupted. When the capture is released, arbitrary memory is accessed potentially leading to remote code execution. Exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to system compromise under the credentials of the currently logged in user.
Patch Availability:
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-019.mspx
CVE Information:
CVE-2009-1529
Disclosure Timeline:
2009-01-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2009-06-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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