Internet Explorer Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1876)

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  Severity: CRITICAL

  CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-1876,MS12-037

  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

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  DESCRIPTION

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access a nonexistent object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002061

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002061 - Identified Suspicious JavaScript Encoded Shellcode

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

• microsoft ie 6
• microsoft ie 7
• microsoft ie 8
• microsoft ie 9