Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Internet Explorer Option Element Remote Code Execution

Overview

There is a vulnerability in Internet Explorer which enables execution of arbitrary code if the user visits a web page controlled by the attacker. The vulnerability is caused by an use-after-free bug triggered by accessing a previously deleted Option element. This vulnerability has been observed in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. The vulnerability has been patched by Microsoft on October 11, 2011.

The bug

In Internet Explorer, the implementation of Select HTML element contains an array of pointers to the Option elements the Select element contains. This array is called the Option cache. Normally, whenever an Option element inside a Select element is accessed via JavaScript, Option cache is rebuilt, thus ensuring its consistency. However, there are some JavaScript methods that can be used to delete and modify the Option elements contained inside the Select element without rebuilding the Option cache. In combination, these methods enable modifying a previously deleted Option element.

Impact

The vulnerability can be used to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged in user if the user visits a specially crafted web page. JavaScript needs to be enabled in order for the attacker to be able to exploit the vulnerability (it's enabled by default in all versions of Internet Explorer).

PoC

An PoC exploit that demonstrates code execution has been developed. However, due to the severity of the vulnerability, release of the exploit code is not planned at this time.

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