Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7 Data Binding resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Data Binding Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4844. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7 (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Data Binding Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The issue has been introduced in 06/02/1998. The weakness was shared 12/10/2008 with 0-Day as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4844 since 10/31/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/25/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3844 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35221 (MS08-078: Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Update (960714)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100065 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Pointer Reference Memory Corruption (MS08-078)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15126. In this case the pattern is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6624.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47428), Exploit-DB (7583), Zero-Day.cz (156), Tenable (35221) and SecurityFocus (BID 32721†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
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Nessus ID: 35221
Nessus Name: MS08-078: Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Update (960714)
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OpenVAS ID: 63073
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu USN-697-1 (imlib2)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ie_xml_span
Saint Name: Internet Explorer XML data binding memory corruption

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MetaSploit ID: ms08_078_xml_corruption.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS08-078 Microsoft Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: microsoft.com

Snort ID: 15126
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Internet Explorer nested span tag memory corruption attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Organization: 0-Day
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4844 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4844
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3869

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X-Force: 47428
SecurityFocus: 32721
Secunia: 33089 - Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 50622
SecurityTracker: 1021381
Vulnerability Center: 20214 - [MS08-078] Microsoft Internet Explorer XML SPAN Elements Handling Remote Code Execution or DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3391

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/15/2008 13:28
Updated: 05/25/2025 06:26
Changes: 12/15/2008 13:28 (62), 09/05/2019 13:37 (42), 03/17/2021 06:10 (8), 03/17/2021 06:14 (2), 03/17/2021 06:19 (1), 06/26/2024 17:03 (15), 07/20/2024 06:46 (4), 11/18/2024 00:23 (1), 01/05/2025 19:41 (1), 05/25/2025 06:26 (2)
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