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    CVE-2009-3672

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly handle objects in memory that (1) were not properly initialized or (2) are deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a call to the getElementsByTagName method for the STYLE tag name, selection of the single element in the returned list, and a change to the outerHTML property of this element, related to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and mshtml.dll, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue was originally assigned CVE-2009-4054, but Microsoft assigned a duplicate identifier of CVE-2009-3672. CVE consumers should use this identifier instead of CVE-2009-4054.

    Published:Dec 2, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 2, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.80588
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Internet Explorer
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2000
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2003
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2008
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Vista
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Xp

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37085http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37085https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16547

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/37448
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/515749
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/977981.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507984/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37085
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293
    http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-internet-explorer-exploit-published
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3301
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6381
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37448
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/515749
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/977981.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507984/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37085
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293
    http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-internet-explorer-exploit-published
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3301
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6381

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High