Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
CVE-2008-4268
The Windows Search component in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold and SP1 and Server 2008 does not properly free memory during a save operation for a Windows Search file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted saved-search file, aka "Windows Saved Search Vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.207 (97.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)