PT-2008-4871 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2008-10-14 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2008-3476

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 through 6

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper handling of errors associated with access to uninitialized memory. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document. An attacker could exploit this by constructing a specially crafted Web page, potentially gaining the same user rights as the logged-on user when a user views the page.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.01 SP4 through 6, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3476

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 12

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3476 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3476 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31618 · Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13344 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-058 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021047 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45564 · Note