CVE-2012-4792
HIGHUse-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that…
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.
Affected Products
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Microsoft Internet Explorer - CDwnBindInfo Object Use-After-Free (Metasploit)
by Metasploit · Dec 31, 2012
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