01 Record
CVE-2008-2259
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 30.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-13 10:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-16
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8769cc825f67d0050bdca40ec4b05be7e8f71363d69f8f341a0cb4650b8cd9b1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2349http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2349
- www.securityfocus.com30612http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30612
- www.us-cert.govTA08-225Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5913https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5913
- www.securitytracker.com1020674http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020674
- marc.infoHPSBST02360http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- docs.microsoft.comMS08-045https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-045
- secunia.com31375http://secunia.com/advisories/31375