Vigil@nce: Internet Explorer, several vulnerabilities
August 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
Several vulnerabilities of Internet Explorer lead to code
execution.
Gravity: 4/4
Consequences: user access/rights
Provenance: document
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 13/08/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8009
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Microsoft Internet Explorer [confidential versions]
– Microsoft Windows 2000 [confidential versions]
– Microsoft Windows 2003 [confidential versions]
– Microsoft Windows 2008
– Microsoft Windows Vista [confidential versions]
– Microsoft Windows XP [confidential versions]
DESCRIPTION
Several vulnerabilities were announced in Internet Explorer.
When a HTML page containing specific objects is displayed, an
uninitialized memory is used, which leads to a memory corruption.
[grav:4/4; CVE-2008-2254]
When a HTML page containing specific objects is displayed, an
uninitialized memory is used, which leads to a memory corruption.
[grav:4/4; CVE-2008-2255]
When a HTML page containing uninitialized or deleted objects is
displayed, a memory corruption occurs. [grav:4/4; CVE-2008-0121,
CVE-2008-2256]
When a HTML page containing objects sequenced in a specific maner
is displayed, a memory corruption occurs. [grav:4/4;
CVE-2008-2257, ZDI-08-050]
When a HTML page containing objects sequenced in a specific maner
is displayed, a memory corruption occurs. [grav:4/4;
CVE-2008-2258, ZDI-08-051]
Parameters given to the print preview program are not correctly
checked, which leads to code execution. [grav:4/4; CVE-2008-2259]
Memory corruptions lead to a denial of service or to code
execution.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: 953838, CVE-2008-0121, CVE-2008-2254, CVE-2008-2255,
CVE-2008-2256, CVE-2008-2257, CVE-2008-2258, CVE-2008-2259,
MS08-045, VIGILANCE-VUL-8009, ZDI-08-050, ZDI-08-051