| CVE ID | CVE-2008-4259 |
| CVSS SCORE | |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
Microsoft |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
Internet Explorer |
| TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['6615']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on the Microsoft Vista operating system. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page. The specific flaw exists during a WebDAV fetch of a document from a path containing a large number of characters. Mishandling of cached content results in a heap corruption which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current instance of Internet Explorer. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-073.mspx |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Brett Moore, Insomnia Security |
