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Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities( 11 June 2008 )

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 11 Jun 2008 5053 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

1. HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer displays a Web page that contains certain unexpected method calls to HTML objects. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

2. Request Header Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer handles certain request headers. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow the attacker to read data from another Internet Explorer domain.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution
  • Information Disclosure

System / Technologies affected

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows Server 2008

Solutions

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