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Microsoft Internet Explorer Argument Injection Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host has installed Internet Explorer and is prone to Argument Injection vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to lack of sanitization check of user supplied input which causes remote command execution in the context of the application via - -renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft, Internet Explorer version 8 beta 2 and prior on Windows.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.