Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Vulnerability in VBScript and JScript Scripting Engines Could Allow Remote Code Execution (944338) |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MS08-022 | First vendor Publication | 2008-04-08 |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Last vendor Modification | 2008-09-03 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Critical | Revision | 2.1 |
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) | |||
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| 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
| Revision Note: V2.1 (September 3, 2008): Corrected security update entries for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to include -v2 in the file package names. This is a correction to the package names only, customers who have successfully updated their systems do not need to reinstall this update.Summary: This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the VBScript and JScript scripting engines in Windows. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-022.mspx |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5495 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5495 | ||
| Title: | VBScript and JScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | The (1) VBScript (VBScript.dll) and (2) JScript (JScript.dll) scripting engines 5.1 and 5.6, as used in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, do not properly decode script, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-0083 | Version: | 1 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 44211 | Microsoft Vbscript.dll VBScript Decoding Code Execution A code execution flaw exists in Windows. Vbscript.dll fails to validate scripts provided by web pages resulting in unauthorized code execution. With a specially crafted web page, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
| 44210 | Microsoft Jscript.dll JScript Arbitrary Code Execution An unspecified code execution flaw exists in Windows. Jscript.dll fails to validate scripts provided by web pages resulting in code execution. With a specially crafted web page, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-04-10 | IAVM : 2008-B-0034 - Microsoft VBScript and JScript Scripting Engines Remote Code Execution Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0015940 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Windows vbscript/jscript scripting engine end buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 13449 - Revision : 13 - Type : OS-WINDOWS |
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Windows vbscript/jscript scripting engine begin buffer overflow att... RuleID : 13448 - Revision : 9 - Type : OS-WINDOWS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-04-08 | Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web or email cl... File : smb_nt_ms08-022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:45:56 |
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| 2014-01-19 21:30:11 |
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| 2013-11-11 12:41:07 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:49:19 |
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