Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 alert resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. This impacts the function alert. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4381. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function alert. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.

The issue has been introduced in 07/27/2005. The weakness was released 10/02/2008 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4381 since 10/02/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1163 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (45639). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Internet Explorer

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/27/2005 🔍
10/02/2008 +1163 days 🔍
10/02/2008 +0 days 🔍
10/02/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2357 days 🔍
08/02/2021 +2330 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4381 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4381
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44306
X-Force: 45639

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/02/2021 10:27
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (46), 05/07/2019 12:42 (2), 08/02/2021 10:27 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:AAE:103

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