01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 71.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-02 11:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-13
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ef843a0315167399876ab6100a1b0167a036949a251c54d12b193631f6f0d08d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20091120 IE7http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507984/100/0/threaded
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#515749http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/515749
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6381https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6381
- docs.microsoft.comMS09-072https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-072
- www.us-cert.govTA09-342Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
- www.securityfocus.com37085http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37085
- www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-internet-explorer-exploit-published
- www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/977981.mspx
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3301http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3301
- secunia.com37448http://secunia.com/advisories/37448
- www.securitytracker.com1023293http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023293