Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (958215) |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | MS08-073 | First vendor Publication | 2008-12-09 |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Last vendor Modification | 2008-12-09 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Critical | Revision | 1.0 |
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 | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
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
| Revision Note: Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-073.mspx |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5231 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5231 | ||
| Title: | Parameter Validation Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 does not properly validate parameters during calls to navigation methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Parameter Validation Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4258 | Version: | 1 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | Product(s): | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5706 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5706 | ||
| Title: | HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access uninitialized memory locations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, related to a WebDAV request for a file with a long name, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4259 | 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 7 |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5829 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5829 | ||
| Title: | HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4261 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | Product(s): | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5903 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5903 | ||
| Title: | Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access a deleted object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4260 | 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 7 |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
SAINT Exploits
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer embed tag src extension buffer overflow | More info here |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-15 | Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (963027) File : nvt/secpod_ms09-014.nasl |
| 2008-12-10 | Name : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (958215) File : nvt/secpod_ms08-073.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 50613 | Microsoft IE WebDAV Cached Content Request Parsing Overflow |
| 50612 | Microsoft IE Object Handling Uninitialized Memory Corruption A memory corruption flaw exists in Internet Explorer. IE can be directed to access an object which has been deleted resulting in memory corruption. With a specially crafted web page, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
| 50611 | Microsoft IE Navigation Methods Parameter Validation Memory Corruption |
| 50610 | Microsoft IE EMBED Tag File Name Extension Overflow A buffer overflow exists in Internet Explorer. IE fails to validate HTML tags resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted web page, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution or denial of service resulting in a loss of integrity, and/or availability. |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Internet Explorer Shell.Explorer 2 ActiveX clsid access RuleID : 15122 - Revision : 15 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS |
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Windows WebDAV pathname buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 15115 - Revision : 12 - Type : OS-WINDOWS |
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Internet Explorer embed src buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 15114 - Revision : 16 - Type : BROWSER-IE |
| 2014-01-10 | Shell.Explorer 2 ActiveX function call unicode access RuleID : 15113 - Revision : 6 - Type : WEB-ACTIVEX |
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Internet Explorer Shell.Explorer 2 ActiveX function call access RuleID : 15112 - Revision : 12 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS |
| 2014-01-10 | Shell.Explorer 2 ActiveX clsid unicode access RuleID : 15111 - Revision : 6 - Type : WEB-ACTIVEX |
| 2014-01-10 | Shell.Explorer 1 ActiveX clsid unicode access RuleID : 15110 - Revision : 6 - Type : WEB-ACTIVEX |
| 2014-01-10 | Microsoft Internet Explorer Shell.Explorer 1 ActiveX clsid access RuleID : 15109 - Revision : 12 - Type : BROWSER-PLUGINS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-12-10 | Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web client. File : smb_nt_ms08-073.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:46:08 |
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| 2014-01-19 21:30:16 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:49:24 |
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