PT-2008-3931 · Flexera · Installshield Update Service Agent

Published 2008-09-18 · Updated 2020-02-04 · CVE-2008-2470

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: InstallShield Update Service Agent (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and browser crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved via a call to the ExecuteRemote function with a URL that results in a 404 error response.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2470

Affected Products

Installshield Update Service Agent

References · 7

• http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q113020 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2470 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/630017 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2470 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45248 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2625 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31235 · Note