CVE-2012-4792

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.788 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

78.8% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2024-07-23remediate by 2024-08-13

required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-399USCWE-416US

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-23754Microsoft Internet Explorer - CDwnBindInfo Object Use-After-Free (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-23785Microsoft Internet Explorer - CButton Object Use-After-Free (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uafMS13-008 Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use-After-Free Vulnerabilityfunctional · metasploit
WizardVan/CVE-2012-4792CVE-2012-4792 simple calc exploitationPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 6fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Internet Explorer≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 7all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 7 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 R2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Vistaall versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Vista Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows XP Service Pack 3all versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft internet explorer= 6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet explorer= 8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-12-30modified 2026-06-16

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references (41)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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