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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2019-07-06 | |
| Rule Name: | Internet Explorer - HTML Rendering Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2008-4261) | |
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| Description: | Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 SP1 on Windows 2000, and 6 on Windows XP and Server 2003 does not properly handle extraneous data associated with an object embedded in a web page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTML tags that trigger memory corruption, aka "HTML Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | |
| Impact: | A buffer overflow vulnerability can be triggered by an attacker in the context of the vulnerable product. Further attacks includes arbitrary code execution and denial of service. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others | |
| Reference: | SecurityTrackerID:1021371 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-073 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=761 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html |
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| The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-073.mspx?pf=true |