Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-3475
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2) deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.577
EPSS Ranking 98.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 9.3
References
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45563
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-069/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45563
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13151
Products affected by CVE-2008-3475
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-