Internet Explorer Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1876)
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-1876,MS12-037
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
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
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