CVE-2008-4844 Information

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 6 6 SP1 and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island (2) XML DSOs or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements and exploited in the wild in December 2008.

Reference

http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx http://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/ http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123015308222620&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/33089 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatched-drive-by-exploit-found-on-the-web/ http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-sundays http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493881 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx http://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32721 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021381 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3391 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-078 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A6007 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7403 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7410 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7477 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7583