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CVE-2008-2259

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
13/08/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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 Handling Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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