Technical intelligence and weaponization dossier for CVE-2010-0806. Documented exploitation across 1 active malware families totaling 192 analyzed telemetry samples.
| Vulnerability ID | CVE-2010-0806 |
|---|---|
| Common Name / Bulletin | Microsoft Internet Explorer Peer Factory Use-After-Free Vulnerability (MS10-018) |
| CWE Classification | CWE-416: Use After Free in mshtml.dll |
| Affected Software & Versions | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 on Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 |
| Technical Root Cause | Use-after-free vulnerability in mshtml.dll when handling DOM operations involving the CPeerFactory object. Threat actors trigger memory corruption by freeing document elements while retaining references, enabling drive-by remote code execution chained in SpyEye and Operation Aurora attacks. |
| Associated ATT&CK Techniques |
Empirical catalog telemetry verifies that the following 1 malware families weaponize this vulnerability for initial access, privilege escalation, or lateral movement:
| Malware Family | Category | Catalog Samples | Operational Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| spyeye | Banking Trojan | 192 | SpyEye (cataloged across security vendors as Trojan:Win32/SpyEye, Win32/SpyEye, and TSPY_SPYEYE) is one of the most notorious and commercially successful bankin... |
Threat hunting leads and behavioral telemetry patterns to identify weaponized exploitation of CVE-2010-0806 in enterprise networks:
iexplore.exe crashing due to invalid virtual table dereference followed by anomalous process creation spawning cmd.exe or dropping executable binaries into %APPDATA%.SOC containment checklist and attack surface reduction measures to neutralize exploitation:
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