PT-2008-2684 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2008-04-08 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2008-1086

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 SP4 and 6 SP1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption. This is related to the HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll) in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.01 SP4, 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.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1086

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1086 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28606 · Patch
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-023 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41464 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1147/references · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5475 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=680 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019800 · Note