‘Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS08-058)’

Summary

This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability. The vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure or remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, running on all supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000, and for Internet Explorer 6 running on all supported editions of Windows XP. For Internet Explorer 7 running on all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista, this security update is rated Important. Otherwise, this security update is rated Moderate or Low. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.’

Credit:

‘The information has been provided by Microsoft Product Security.
The original article can be found at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=128060


Details

Affected Software:
Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 – Remote Code Execution – Critical – MS08-045
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 – Remote Code Execution – Critical – MS08-045

Internet Explorer 6
 * Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 – Remote Code Execution – Critical – MS08-045
 * Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 – Remote Code Execution – Critical – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 – Remote Code Execution – Moderate – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 – Remote Code Execution – Moderate – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 – Remote Code Execution – Moderate – MS08-045

Internet Explorer 7
 * Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Important – MS08-045
 * Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Important – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Low – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Low – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Low – MS08-045
 * Windows Vista and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Important – MS08-045
 * Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Important – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems* – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Low – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems* – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Low – MS08-045
 * Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems – Windows Internet Explorer 7 – Information Disclosure – Low – MS08-045

Window Location Property Cross-Domain Vulnerability – CVE-2008-2947
A remote code execution or information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer that could allow an attacker to gain access to a browser window in another domain or Internet Explorer zone. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could allow remote code execution or information disclosure, depending on the operating system, if a user viewed the Web page.

CVE Information:
CVE-2008-2947

HTML Element Cross-Domain Vulnerability – CVE-2008-3472
A remote code execution or information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer that could allow script to gain access to a browser window in another domain or Internet Explorer zone. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could allow remote code execution or information disclosure, depending on the operating system, if a user viewed the Web page.

CVE Information:
CVE-2008-3472

Event Handling Cross-Domain Vulnerability – CVE-2008-3473
A remote code execution or information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer that could allow script to gain access to a browser window in another domain or Internet Explorer zone. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could allow remote code execution or information disclosure, depending on the operating system, if a user viewed the Web page.

CVE Information:
CVE-2008-3473

Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability – CVE-2008-3474
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer that could allow script to gain access to a browser window in another domain or Internet Explorer zone. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page that could allow information disclosure if a user viewed the Web page.

CVE Information:
CVE-2008-3474

Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability – CVE-2008-3475
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or that has been deleted. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

CVE Information:
CVE-2008-3475

HTML Objects Memory Corruption Vulnerability – CVE-2008-3476
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer due to attempts to access uninitialized memory in certain situations. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

CVE Information:
CVE-2008-3476

Categories: Windows