SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA28903

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/28903/

CRITICAL: Highly critical

IMPACT: System access

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 http://secunia.com/product/9/
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x http://secunia.com/product/11/
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x http://secunia.com/product/12366/

DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code.



1) An error in the way HTML with certain layout combinations is interpreted can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted web page.
2) An error in the way a certain property method is handled can be exploited via a specially crafted web page.
3) An error in the argument validation when processing images can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted web page.

SOLUTION: Apply patches.
Windows 2000 SP4 and Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1032A039-468B-4C5F-8C1C-5E54C2832E41
Windows 2000 SP4 and Internet Explorer 6 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=87E66DCE-5060-4814-8754-829B4E190359
Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BB2AA3CB-021F-4890-AB20-2A51F8E17554
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8989F576-8B30-4866-90EC-929D24F3B409
Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=429B7ED1-FE78-459A-B834-D0F3C69CB703
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E989E23C-38BB-4FE7-A830-D7BDF7659392
Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5A097F7A-B696-48D0-B13F-337C5FD14E24
Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D4AA293A-6332-4C6C-B128-876F516BD030
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B72AF1B6-6E23-4005-AEF6-82195B380153
Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B2AA6562-881E-4FD6-BE1B-53426A0FF4A9
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2) and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4BB99AFC-BE14-4F2E-9570-B7FE09E39131
Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6FA80E2C-5E91-4B33-ACD9-33F156660AE7
Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0DE25B98-F443-4874-A06F-4DAAE14C16B0
Windows Vista x64 Edition and Internet Explorer 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C08EBBE7-639B-4EA2-8304-FAB531930ABF

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 1) The vendor credits
Shane Macaulay and Riley Hassell, Security Objectives.
An anonymous person via ZDI.
Venustech of ADLABS.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: MS08-010 (KB944533): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-010.mspx