### [CVE-2012-4792](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4792)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119168/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CDwnBindInfo-Object-Use-After-Free.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/WizardVan/CVE-2012-4792

#### ExploitDB
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23785
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23754

#### Metasploit
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf.rb