| VID |
26002 |
| Severity |
40 |
| Port |
139,445 |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
SMB |
| Detailed Description |
The Hotfix (MS08-045, 953838) for the August. 2008 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer' has not been applied. This patch replaces the one that is provided in Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS08-031, 950759), which is itself a cumulative update and resolves newly discovered public vulnerability:
- HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2254): Remote Code Execution
- HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2255): Remote Code Execution
- Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2256): Remote Code Execution
- HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2257): Remote Code Execution
- HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2258): Remote Code Execution
- HTML Component Handling Vulnerability (CVE-2008-2259): Remote Code Execution
If a user is logged on with administrative privileges, an attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system, including installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts with full privileges.
* Note: This check requires an account with Guest or upper privileges which can access the registry of the remote host to scan. Absence of these condition will result in the check not being performed and a False Negative for all vulnerable hosts.
* References:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-045.mspx
* Affected Software
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Recommendation |
Apply the appropriate patch (953838) for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-045 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-045.mspx
-- OR --
Patches for Windows platforms are also available from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site, http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com . Windows Update detects what version of Windows you are running and offers the appropriate patch. |
| Related URL |
CVE-2008-2254,CVE-2008-2255,CVE-2008-2256,CVE-2008-2257,CVE-2008-2258,CVE-2008-2259 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
28295,30610,30611,30612,30613,30614 (SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
44093,44094,44095,44096,44097,44098,44099 (ISS) |
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