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CVE-2008-5823 (GCVE-0-2008-5823)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-02 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI
Summary
An ActiveX control in prtstb06.dll in Microsoft Money 2006, when used with WScript in Windows Script Host (WSH) on Windows Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and application crash) via a zero value for the Startup property.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-12-31 00:00
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