CVE-2008-2259 (GCVE-0-2008-2259)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-13 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not perform proper "argument validation" during print preview, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "HTML Component Handling Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30612 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://secunia.com/advisories/31375 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-08-12 00:00
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