PT-2008-1732 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2008-02-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-0076

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01, 6 SP1, 6 SP2, and 7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML layout combinations. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer interprets HTML with certain layout combinations. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page, potentially gaining the same user rights as the logged on user when a user views the Web page.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.01, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0076

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-010 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0076 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0076 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5487 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-010 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019379 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27668 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28903 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0512/references · Note