⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.

CVE-2008-4844 — Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability

CWE-39921 documents7 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
82.8%
top 0.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedDec 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDmicrosoft/internet_explorer5.01, 6, 7+2

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4h75-mp4x-555f: Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml↗2022-05-14
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VulnCheck
Microsoft Internet Explorer CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination Remote Code Execution↗2008
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💥Exploits & PoCs

4
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Internet Explorer - Data Binding Memory Corruption (MS08-078) (Metasploit)↗2010-09-20
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Exploit-DB
Microsoft Internet Explorer - XML Parsing Remote Buffer Overflow↗2008-12-10
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Exploit-DB
Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows Vista) - XML Parsing Buffer Overflow↗2008-12-10
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Metasploit
MS08-078 Microsoft Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption↗
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

14
Unit42
Web-Based Threats: First Half 2019↗2019-11-01
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Unit42
Web-Based Threats: First Half 2019↗2019-11-01
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Unit42
Web-based Threats-2018 Q4: France Rises to #1 for Malicious URL Hosting, US #1 for Phishing↗2019-05-30
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Unit42
Web-based Threats-2018 Q4: France Rises to #1 for Malicious URL Hosting, US #1 for Phishing↗2019-05-30
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Unit42
Web-based Threats-2018 Q3: Malicious URLs and Domains take a Dip↗2018-12-27
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CVE-2008-4844 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase