RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-1086
The HxTocCtrl ActiveX control (hxvz.dll), as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1, in Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista SP1, and Server 2008, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments, which triggers memory corruption.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.305 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.305 · newest: 0.305 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5475 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29714 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41464 (vdb-entry)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1147/references (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28606 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-023 (vendor-advisory)