CVE-2008-3475
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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."
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html
- 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
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