PT-2008-5543 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2008-12-10 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2008-4260

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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 the way Internet Explorer accesses a deleted object, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption. This can be exploited by an attacker constructing a specially crafted Web page, which when viewed by a user, 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, 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-2008-4260

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4260 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4260 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-073 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3385 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021371 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5903 · Note