PT-2008-1738 · Microsoft · Vbscript+2

Peter Ferrie · Published 2008-04-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-0083

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 Windows scripting engines versions 5.1 and 5.6

Description The issue is related to the improper decoding of script by the VBScript and JScript scripting engines. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Recommendations For versions 5.1 and 5.6 of the scripting engines, update to a newer version that properly decodes script to prevent the execution of arbitrary code. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0083

Affected Products

Jscript

Vbscript

Windows Scripting Engine

References · 9

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29712 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1146/references · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0083 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-022 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28551 · Patch
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019799 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5495 · Note