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CVE-2008-4269

CVE information

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

4 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Description

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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.5/10
Exploit Score
6.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -

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