PT-2008-5630 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Nico Golde · Published 2008-10-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4381

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is achieved through Javascript that calls the alert() function with a URL-encoded string containing a large number of invalid characters.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7, consider disabling Javascript execution until a patch is available to prevent the application crash.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4381

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4381 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/7 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45639 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496830/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/8 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4345 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496926/100/0/threaded · Note