CVE-2009-1043
HIGH severity · CVSS 10
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)31%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
- http://cansecwest.com/index.html
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/20/pwn2own-day-2
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
- http://osvdb.org/52892
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889