CVE-2009-0076 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, affecting various Windows operating systems including XP, Vista, Server 2003, and Server 2008. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious HTML document that leverages the "zoom" style directive within a malformed CSS stylesheet, specifically when XHTML strict mode is enabled. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a highly severe threat, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits for this vulnerability are available on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation, though it currently lacks significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.