RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-5750
Argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.214 (97.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.214 · newest: 0.214 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 8
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html (Exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32999 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4821 (third-party-advisory)