VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer
"ShowSaveFileDialog()" Protected Mode Sandbox Bypass (Pwn2Own 2014)

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I. BACKGROUND
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"Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and
included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems with
more than 60% of the worldwide usage share of web browsers." (Wikipedia)


II. DESCRIPTION
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VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered a critical vulnerability
in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The vulnerability is caused due to an invalid handling of a sequence
of actions aimed to save a file when calling "ShowSaveFileDialog()",
which could be exploited by a sandboxed process to write files to
arbitrary locations on the system and bypass IE Protected Mode sandbox.


III. AFFECTED PRODUCTS
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8


IV. SOLUTION
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Apply MS14-035 security update.


V. CREDIT
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This vulnerability was discovered by VUPEN Security.


VI. ABOUT VUPEN Security
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intelligence and advanced zero-day research. All VUPEN's vulnerability
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VII. REFERENCES
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https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-035
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2777


VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
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2011-02-12 - Vulnerability Discovered by VUPEN Security
2014-03-14 - Vulnerability Reported to ZDI and Microsoft During Pwn2Own 2014
2014-06-10 - Vulnerability Fixed by Microsoft
2014-07-16 - Public disclosure