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CVE-2009-3672

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 71.80%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-12-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 71.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2009-3672
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
71.80%
Microsoft

Original NVD Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly handle objects in memory that (1) were not properly initialized or (2) are deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a call to the getElementsByTagName method for the STYLE tag name, selection of the single element in the returned list, and a change to the outerHTML property of this element, related to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and mshtml.dll, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue was originally assigned CVE-2009-4054, but Microsoft assigned a duplicate identifier of CVE-2009-3672. CVE consumers should use this identifier instead of CVE-2009-4054.