CVE-2008-4269

Windows Vista and Server 2008 - Remote Code Execution via search-ms Protocol Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The search-ms protocol handler in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold and SP1 and Server 2008 uses untrusted parameter data obtained from incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Windows Search Parsing Vulnerability."

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6110
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021366
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33053
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3387

Scores

EPSS 0.2052
EPSS Percentile 97.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (3 CPE variants)
Published Dec 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026