PT-2008-3008 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+3

Published 2008-07-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-1435

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 Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows versions prior to Vista SP2 and Server 2008

Description A remote code execution issue exists when saving a specially crafted search file within Windows Explorer, causing it to exit and restart in an exploitable manner. This is related to the handling of saved-search (.search-ms) files.

Recommendations For Windows Vista up to SP1 and Server 2008, apply the necessary patch to fix the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1435

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Explorer

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

References · 10

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1435 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-038 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30953 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1435 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-038 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020436 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5600 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30109 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2020/references · Note