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CVE-2009-1918
published 2009-07-29

CVE-2009-1918: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows…

PriorityP354critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
43.32%
98.6th percentile
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2; and Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly handle table operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element, related to the getElementsByTagName method, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected

4 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • CVE-2009-1918 is triggered by adding malformed elements to an empty DIV element via the getElementsByTagName method, resulting in memory corruption — monitor for crafted HTML documents exploiting table operations in IE 5.01/6/7/8
  • ·Affected versions are Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1, 6 for XP SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, and IE 7/8 for XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold/SP1/SP2, and Server 2008 Gold/SP2 — detections should be scoped to these specific platform/version combinations
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