Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4260. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown function. 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:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 sometimes attempts to access a deleted object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 06/02/1998. The weakness was shared 12/09/2008 by Chris Weber (shinnai) with Casaba Security as MS08-073 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4260 since 09/25/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3843 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35072 (MS08-073: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (958215)), 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 100064 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS08-073)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-073 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6604.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46859), Tenable (35072), Secunia (SA33035†), SecurityTracker (ID 1021371†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20195†). The entries VDB-3897, VDB-3900 and VDB-3898 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35072
Nessus Name: MS08-073: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (958215)
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OpenVAS ID: 900062
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (958215)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-073
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-073
Researcher: Chris Weber (shinnai)
Organization: Casaba Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3899

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X-Force: 46859
Secunia: 33035 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021371 - Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 20195 - [MS08-073] Microsoft Internet Explorer Access Deleted Object Remote Code Execution or DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3385

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2008 12:31
Updated: 05/25/2025 22:48
Changes: 12/19/2008 12:31 (59), 04/07/2017 12:02 (24), 03/17/2021 07:05 (8), 03/17/2021 07:10 (1), 05/25/2025 22:48 (16)
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