01 Record
CVE-2008-4844
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 66.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% 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
- 2008-12-11 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-31
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 770d5409258b2d202402f86a72bc91b1756f2e3c5fce125dc05fb8b494ec75ce
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.scanw.comhttp://www.scanw.com/blog/archives/303
- www.securitytracker.com1021381http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021381
- isc.sans.orghttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458
- www.exploit-db.com7583https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7583
- www.us-cert.govTA08-352Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-352A.html
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/inception-h2hc/
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#493881http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493881
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6007https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6007
- www.securityfocus.com32721http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32721
- www.exploit-db.com7477https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7477
- marc.infoHPSBST02397http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123015308222620&w=2
- www.breakingpointsystems.comhttp://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/patch-tuesdays-and-drive-by-sundays
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3391http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3391
- www.avertlabs.comhttp://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2008/12/09/yet-another-unpatched-drive-by-exploit-found-on-the-web/
- www.exploit-db.com7403https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7403
- www.us-cert.govTA08-344Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- www.exploit-db.com7410https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7410
- docs.microsoft.comMS08-078https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-078
- secunia.com33089http://secunia.com/advisories/33089
- www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961051.mspx
- blogs.msdn.comhttp://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx