CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4844
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 5.01
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft internet explorer 7
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx blogs.msdn.com
- http://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/ code.google.com
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458 Exploit
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123015308222620&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33089 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatched-drive-by-exploit-found-on-the-web/ www.avertlabs.com
- http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-sundays www.breakingpointsystems.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493881 US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303 www.scanw.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32721 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021381 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3391 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-078 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6007 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7403 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7410 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7477 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7583 www.exploit-db.com
- http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx blogs.msdn.com
- http://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/ code.google.com
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458 Exploit
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123015308222620&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33089 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatched-drive-by-exploit-found-on-the-web/ www.avertlabs.com
- http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-sundays www.breakingpointsystems.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493881 US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303 www.scanw.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32721 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021381 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3391 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-078 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6007 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7403 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7410 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7477 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7583 www.exploit-db.com