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Sid
17622

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in ie.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecalcProperty function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the setExpression method and then modifying the outerHTML property of an HTML element, one variant of "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
microsoft ie 5
microsoft ie 5.01
microsoft ie 5.01
microsoft ie 5.01
microsoft ie 5.01
microsoft ie 5.1
microsoft ie 5.2.3
microsoft ie 5.5
microsoft ie 5.5
microsoft ie 5.5
microsoft ie 5.x
microsoft ie 6
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0
microsoft ie 6.0.2600
microsoft ie 6.0.2800
microsoft ie 6.0.2800.1106
microsoft ie 6.0.2900
microsoft ie 6.0.2900.2180
microsoft ie 7
microsoft ie 7.0
microsoft ie 7.0
microsoft ie 7.0
microsoft ie 7.0
microsoft ie 7.0.5730.11

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2007-3902:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2007-3902
  
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