Executive Summary
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Title | Microsoft Internet Explorer Data Binding Vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | TA08-352A | First vendor Publication | 2008-12-17 |
Vendor | US-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2008-12-17 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an invalid pointer vulnerability in its data binding code, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available and is being actively exploited. I. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer contains an invalid pointer vulnerability in its data binding code. When Internet Explorer renders a document that performs data binding, it may crash in a way that is exploitable to run arbitrary code. Any program that uses Internet Explorer's MSHTML layout engine, such as Outlook Express, may be at risk. Further details are available in US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#493881. II. Impact By convincing a user to view a specially crafted document that performs data binding (e.g., a web page or email message or attachment), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. III. Solution Apply an update This issue is addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078. Disable Active Scripting This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling Active Scripting in the Internet Zone, as specified in the Securing Your Web Browser document. Note that this will not block the vulnerability. IE still may crash when parsing specially crafted content. Disabling Active Scripting will mitigate a common method used to achieve code execution with this vulnerability. Additional workarounds Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 provides additional details for the above workarounds, as well as other workarounds not listed here. These workarounds are further explained in the Microsoft SWI Blog. |
Original Source
Url : http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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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: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 4 |
SAINT Exploits
Description | Link |
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Internet Explorer XML data binding memory corruption | More info here |
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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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 |
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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 |
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2008-12-18 | IAVM : 2008-A-0090 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0017935 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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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 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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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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