Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-4792

Public exploit exists!
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.
Published 2012-12-30 18:55:01
Updated 2025-04-11 00:51:22
Source Microsoft Corporation
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2012-4792

CVE-2012-4792 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA vulnerability name:
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CISA required action:
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object.
Notes:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/internet-explorer-11; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4792
Added on 2024-07-23 Action due date 2024-08-13

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4792

EPSS FAQ
88.23%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2012-4792

  • MS13-008 Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    Disclosure Date: 2012-12-27
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf
    This module exploits a vulnerability found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A use-after-free condition occurs when a CButton object is freed, but a reference is kept and used again during a page reload, an invalid memory that's controllable is used, and allows arbit

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-4792

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.3
 HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
 NIST
8.8
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 2024-08-01
8.8
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
 NIST 2024-08-14

CWE ids for CVE-2012-4792

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
    Assigned by:
    • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2012-4792

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