9.3 - CVE-2008-2255

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-2255	First vendor Publication	2008-08-13
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2021-07-23

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	9.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2254, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2255

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-399	Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5602

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5602
Title:	HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2254, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-2255	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Product(s):	Microsoft Internet Explorer
Definition Synopsis:
Win 2K + IE6 vulnerable version Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.2800.1613 OR Win 2K + IE 5.01 Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 5.0.3866.2000 OR Win XP + IE 6 Microsoft Windows XP is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.2900.3395 OR Win XP + IE 6 Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.2900.5626 OR Win XP / Win 2K3 + IE 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed AND Win XP / Win 2K3 Microsoft Windows XP is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed AND Check for LDR / GDR Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6000.16705 OR Check for LDR Mshtml.dll version is greater than 7.0.6000.20000 AND Check if the version mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6000.20861 OR Win 2K3 / Win XP X64 and IE 6 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.3790.3167 AND Win 2K3 / Win XP X64 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed OR Win XP X64 / Win 2K3 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.3790.4324 AND Win 2K3 / Win XP X64 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed AND Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed OR Win Vista and IE7 Microsoft Windows Vista is installed AND Check for LDR and GDR Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6000.16711 OR Check for LDR Mshtml.dll version is greater than 7.0.6000.20000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6000.20868 AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed OR Win Vista / Win 2K8 and IE7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed AND Win Vista/ Win 2K8 Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (ia-64) is installed AND Check for LDR /GDR Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6001.18099 OR Check for LDR Mshtml.dll version is greater than or equal to 7.0.6001.22000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6001.22212

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Microsoft Internet Explorer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:::::::*	5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2008-09-29	Name : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (950759) File : nvt/gb_ms08-031.nasl
2008-08-19	Name : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838) File : nvt/secpod_ms08-045_900030.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
47418	Microsoft IE HTML Object Unspecified Memory Corruption

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date	Description
2017-09-28	Microsoft Internet Explorer span frontier parsing memory corruption attempt RuleID : 44188 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2016-03-14	Microsoft Internet Explorer argument validation in print preview handling exp... RuleID : 36453 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer getElementById object corruption RuleID : 19079 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer static text range overflow attempt RuleID : 17720 - Revision : 14 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer ExecWB security zone bypass attempt RuleID : 17692 - Revision : 11 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer getElementById object corruption attempt RuleID : 15910 - Revision : 18 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer http status response memory corruption vulnerability RuleID : 13980 - Revision : 17 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer XHTML element memory corruption attempt RuleID : 13974 - Revision : 13 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer span frontier parsing memory corruption attempt RuleID : 13964 - Revision : 14 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer argument validation in print preview handling exp... RuleID : 13963 - Revision : 14 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer table layout access violation vulnerability RuleID : 13961 - Revision : 10 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer static text range overflow attempt RuleID : 13960 - Revision : 14 - Type : BROWSER-IE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2008-08-13	Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web client. File : smb_nt_ms08-045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
CERT	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
HP	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
MS	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08...
OVAL	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/31375
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349

Alert History

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Date	Informations
2021-07-27 00:24:34	Multiple Updates
2021-07-24 01:44:11	Multiple Updates
2021-07-24 01:04:55	Multiple Updates
2021-07-23 21:25:01	Multiple Updates
2021-07-23 17:24:38	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:07:31	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:07:54	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:21:41	Multiple Updates
2018-10-13 00:22:41	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:32	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 17:24:18	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:44:59	Multiple Updates
2014-01-19 21:25:00	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:17:08	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	5
Sources(s)	7
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	2
Snort® Rule(s)	12
Nessus® Exploit(s)	1

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9.3 - CVE-2008-2255

Executive Summary

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

OVAL Definitions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

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