PT-2008-5542 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Brett Moore · Published 2008-12-10 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2008-4259

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 version 7

Description: A remote code execution issue exists due to attempts to access uninitialized memory in certain situations. An attacker could exploit this by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, it could allow remote code execution, potentially giving the attacker the same user rights as the logged-on user.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7, consider avoiding the use of WebDAV requests for files with long names until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to crafted HTML documents that could trigger memory corruption.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4259

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4259 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4259 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-087 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-073 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5706 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021371 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499065/100/0/threaded · Note