{"id":"CVE-2012-4792","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4792","summary":"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…","details":"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.","published":"2012-12-30T18:00:00.000Z","modified":"2025-10-22T00:05:45.500Z","cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.78823,"percentile":0.99573,"asOf":"2026-08-28"},"cisaKev":{"dateAdded":"2024-07-23","dueDate":"2024-08-13","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":false},"exploitsKnown":4,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-008A.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-008"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/154201"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/just-another-water-hole-campaign-using-an-internet-explorer-0day/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://eromang.zataz.com/2012/12/29/attack-and-ie-0day-informations-used-against-council-on-foreign-relations/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16361"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-015A.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2012/12/council-foreign-relations-water-hole-attack-details.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/29/new-vulnerability-affecting-internet-explorer-8-users.aspx"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2794220"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/12/31/microsoft-quot-fix-it-quot-available-for-internet-explorer-6-7-and-8.aspx"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-4792"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","CISA KEV","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2025-10-22T00:05:45.500Z"}}