CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4269
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33053 secunia.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021366 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3387 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-075 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6110 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33053 secunia.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021366 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3387 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-075 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6110 oval.cisecurity.org