High severity · published Oct 15, 2008
CVE-2008-3475
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2)…
8.8
CVSS
39.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2) deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)39.9% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IE
Internet Explorer · Microsoft
5.01; 6; 6; 7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3475
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3475
Issue Tracking
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-6-componentfrompoint.html
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497380/100/0/threaded
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31617
Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021047
Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
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