Vulnerability CVE-2010-3971 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2010-3971 (CCN-63749)

Assigned:

2010-12-08

Published:

2010-12-08

Updated:

2021-07-23

Summary:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a self-referential @import rule in a stylesheet, aka "CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS v3 Severity:

10.0 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

9.3 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
6.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

9.3 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
6.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:UR)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2010-3971

Source: FULLDISC
Type: Exploit
20101208 IE CSS parser dos bug

Source: CCN
Type: SA42510
Internet Explorer CSS Import Rule Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
42510

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1024922
Microsoft Internet Explorer Recursive CSS Import Memory Corruption Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127294

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-099
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2618444)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-010
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2647516)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-023
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2675157)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-037
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2699988)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-044
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2719177)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-052
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2722913)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/ie-vulnerability/

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: Exploit
15708

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: Exploit
15746

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Protection Alert
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Remote Code Execution

Source: CCN
Type: US-CERT VU#634956
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS use-after-free vulnerability

Source: CERT-VN
Type: US Government Resource
VU#634956

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Web site
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Advisory (2488013)
Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2488013.mspx

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-003
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2482017)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-018
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2497640)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-050
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2530548)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-057
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2559049)

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-081
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2586448)

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
45246

Source: CCN
Type: BID-45246
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS Parsing Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1024922

Source: VUPEN
Type: Vendor Advisory
ADV-2010-3156

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2011-0318

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-0885

Source: MS
Type: UNKNOWN
MS11-003

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-ie-css-code-execution(63749)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12382

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [12-08-2010]

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [12-15-2010]

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [02-08-2011]

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:microsoft:ie:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:x32:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:itanium:*

AND

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:server_2003:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:x64:*:professional:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:itanium:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:x32:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:x32:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:r2:x64:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:r2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12382	V	CSS Memory Corruption Vulnerability	2014-08-25