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TITLE:
Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40895

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-11

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Internet Explorer,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially
sensitive information or compromise a user's system.

1) The application incorrectly interprets the origin of scripts,
which can be exploited to gain access to a browser windows in another
domain or Internet Explorer zone.

Successful exploitation requires certain user interaction with the
browser window.

2) An error when attempting to access uninitialised or deleted
objects can be exploited to corrupt memory.

3) An error when attempting to access uninitialised or deleted
objects can be exploited to corrupt memory.

This vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 6 only.

4) A race condition error when accessing objects can be exploited to
corrupt memory.

5) An error when exists when attempting to access uninitialised
memory related to HTML layouts and can be exploited to corrupt
memory.

6) Another error when attempting to access uninitialised or deleted
objects can be exploited to corrupt memory.

This vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 8 only.

Vulnerabilities #2 through #6 may allow execution of arbitrary code
e.g. when a user views a specially crafted web page.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) David Bloom, Google.
2-5) Nicolas Joly, Vupen
6) Gambino ZaDarkSide

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS10-053 (KB2183461):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-053.mspx

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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EXPLOIT:
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