Vulnerability details

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 on Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object, related to incorrectly initialized memory and improper handling of objects in memory, as exploited in the wild in December 2009 and January 2010 during Operation Aurora, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• http://osvdb.org/61697 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html x_refsource_MISC
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0249 government-resource