CVE-2008-4269
Published Dec 10, 2008
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- The search-ms protocol handler in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold and SP1 and Server 2008 uses untrusted parameter data obtained from incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Windows Search Parsing Vulnerability."
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.5
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 6.8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-399
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Evaluator
- Comment
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-075.mspx Windows Search Parsing Vulnerability - CVE-2008-4269 A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Explorer that allows an attacker to construct a malicious web page that includes a call to the search-ms protocol handler. The protocol handler in turn passes untrusted data to Windows Explorer.
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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