VID |
26361 |
Severity |
40 |
Port |
139,445 |
Protocol |
TCP |
Class |
SMB |
Detailed Description |
The Hotfix (MS08-031, 950759) for the June. 2008 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer' has not been applied. This patch replaces the one that is provided in Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS08-024, 947864), which is itself a cumulative update and resolves newly discovered public vulnerability:
- HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-1442): Information Disclosure - Request Header Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2008-1544): 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/ms08-031.mspx
* Platforms Affected: 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 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Recommendation |
Apply the appropriate patch (950759) for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-031 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-031.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-2008-1453 (CVE) |
Related URL |
29522 (SecurityFocus) |
Related URL |
42682,42685 (ISS) |
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