9.3 - MS08-078

Executive Summary

Summary
Title	Security Update for Internet Explorer (960714)

Informations
Name	MS08-078	First vendor Publication	2008-12-17
Vendor	Microsoft	Last vendor Modification	2008-12-18
Severity (Vendor)	Critical	Revision	1.1

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)
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: V1.1 (December 18, 2008): Added unaffected server core notation for Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems. Clarified the entry, in Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update, about this out-band update and cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer. Finally, added an undo method for the workaround, Disable XML Island functionality.Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability. The vulnerability 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/MS08-078.mspx

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-399	Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6007

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6007
Title:	Pointer Reference Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description:	Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-4844	Version:	6
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:
IE 6 SP1 and Win 2K Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.2800.1619 OR IE 5.01 SP4 and Win 2K Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 5.0.3872.1000 OR Win XP X86 and IE6 Microsoft Windows XP is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.2900.3492 AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed OR Win XP X86 and IE6 Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.2900.5726 AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed OR Win 2K3 or Win XP X64 and IE6 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.3790.3261 AND Win 2K3 or Win XP X64 Microsoft Windows XP x64 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 OR Win 2K3 or Win XP X64 and IE6 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 6.0.3790.4426 AND Win 2K3 or Win XP X64 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed OR IE7 and Win 2K3 or Win XP or Vista Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed AND Win XP / Win 2K3 / Win Vista 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 Microsoft Windows Vista is installed AND Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed AND Check for LDR and GDR Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6000.16788 OR Check for LDR Mshtml.dll version is greater than 7.0.6000.20000 AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6000.20973 OR Win 2K8 or Vista and IE7 Win 2k8 / Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed AND Check for LDR or GDR Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6001.18183 OR Check for LDR Mshtml.dll version is greater than or equal to 7.0.6001.22000 AND Mshtml.dll version is less than 7.0.6001.22328 OR IE 7 and Vista or Win 2K8 Vista / Win 2K8 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (ia-64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6002.20611

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:5.01:::::::*	4

SAINT Exploits

Description	Link
Internet Explorer XML data binding memory corruption	More info here

ExploitDB Exploits

id	Description
2010-09-20	Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-698-1 (nagios) File : nvt/ubuntu_698_1.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Ubuntu USN-697-1 (imlib2) File : nvt/ubuntu_697_1.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Ubuntu USN-698-2 (nagios3) File : nvt/ubuntu_698_2.nasl
2008-12-29	Name : Ubuntu USN-699-1 (blender) File : nvt/ubuntu_699_1.nasl
2008-12-12	Name : Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (960714) File : nvt/secpod_ms_ie_mem_crptn_vuln.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
50622	Microsoft IE mshtml.dll XSML Nested SPAN Element Handling Unspecified Arbitra... A use-after-free flaw exists in Internet Explorer. The data binding function fails to update the array length after releasing an object resulting in access to the deleted object's memory space. With a specially crafted web page, a context dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Description

50622

Microsoft IE mshtml.dll XSML Nested SPAN Element Handling Unspecified Arbitra...

A use-after-free flaw exists in Internet Explorer. The data binding function fails to update the array length after releasing an object resulting in access to the deleted object's memory space. 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
2008-12-18	IAVM : 2008-A-0090 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0017935

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date	Description
2017-03-07	Microsoft Internet Explorer nested tag memory corruption attempt RuleID : 41494 - Revision : 1 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2017-03-07	Microsoft Internet Explorer nested SPAN tag memory corruption attempt RuleID : 41493 - Revision : 1 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer nested tag memory corruption attempt RuleID : 17402 - Revision : 10 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer nested tag memory corruption attempt - unescaped RuleID : 17401 - Revision : 12 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer nested SPAN tag memory corruption attempt RuleID : 16605 - Revision : 12 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer nested tag memory corruption attempt RuleID : 15126 - Revision : 17 - Type : BROWSER-IE

Metasploit Database

id	Description
2008-12-07	MS08-078 Microsoft Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2008-12-17	Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web client. File : smb_nt_ms08-078.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date	Informations
2020-05-23 13:17:12	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 11:46:09	Multiple Updates
2014-01-19 21:30:17	Multiple Updates
2013-11-11 12:41:10	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:49:25	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	4
Saint Exploit(s)	1
osvdb(s)	1
ExploitDB Exploit(s)	1
Metasploit Exploit(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	5
IAVM(s)	1
Snort® Rule(s)	6
Nessus® Exploit(s)	1

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