Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-054.
Impact
Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary codes via specially crafted HTML page in the context of the affected system and cause memory corruption.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS09-054
Insight
These issues are caused by memory corruption errors when processing a specially crafted data stream header, when handling certain arguments, or when accessing certain objects.
Affected
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1547, CVE-2009-2529, CVE-2009-2530, CVE-2009-2531 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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