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CVE-2009-3672 Detail

Current Description

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3672
NVD Published Date:
12/02/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation