Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
CVE-2008-4269
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."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.205 (97.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.205 · newest: 0.205 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-075 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6110 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33053 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3387 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)