Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-0012 - Improper Initialization vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 does not properly handle the creation and initialization of string objects, which allows remote attackers to read data from arbitrary process-memory locations via a crafted web site, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 6 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS12-010 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2012-02-14T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 2647516 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Critical |
| title | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS12-010.NASL |
| description | The remote host is missing Internet Explorer (IE) Security Update 2647516. The installed version of IE is affected by several vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host as well as vulnerabilities that could allow the attacker to view privileged information. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 57944 |
| published | 2012-02-14 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57944 |
| title | MS12-010: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2647516) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2014-08-18T04:01:09.413-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 does not properly handle the creation and initialization of string objects, which allows remote attackers to read data from arbitrary process-memory locations via a crafted web site, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2012-02-14T13:00:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title | Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 75 |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14870
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14870
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-010