Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7 Print Preview resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7. This impacts an unknown function of the component Print Preview. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-2258. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component Print Preview. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, and 7 accesses uninitialized memory in certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a document object "appended in a specific order" with "particular functions ... performed on" document objects, aka "HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability" or "Table Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2257.

The weakness was shared 08/13/2008 by Tavis Ormandy with Microsoft as MS08-045 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2258 since 05/16/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33874 (MS08-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100059 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS08-045)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-045 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44099), Tenable (33874), SecurityFocus (BID 30610†), OSVDB (47415†) and Secunia (SA31375†). The entries VDB-3803, VDB-3802, VDB-3801 and VDB-3800 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33874
Nessus Name: MS08-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838)
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OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-045
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-045
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-2258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3804

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X-Force: 44099
SecurityFocus: 30610 - Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Objects Variant Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 31375 - Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 47415
SecurityTracker: 1020674 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 19156 - [MS08-045] Internet Explorer HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2349

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2008 17:08
Updated: 03/16/2021 18:29
Changes: 08/19/2008 17:08 (59), 04/07/2017 12:02 (31), 03/16/2021 18:20 (8), 03/16/2021 18:24 (2), 03/16/2021 18:29 (1)
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