Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1085 - Code Injection vulnerability in Microsoft IE and Internet Explorer
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
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| Application | 24 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Manipulating User-Controlled Variables This attack targets user controlled variables (DEBUG=1, PHP Globals, and So Forth). An attacker can override environment variables leveraging user-supplied, untrusted query variables directly used on the application server without any data sanitization. In extreme cases, the attacker can change variables controlling the business logic of the application. For instance, in languages like PHP, a number of poorly set default configurations may allow the user to override variables.
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS08-024.NASL |
| description | The remote host is missing the IE cumulative security update 947864. The remote version of IE is vulnerable to several flaws that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 31797 |
| published | 2008-04-08 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31797 |
| title | MS08-024: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (947864) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2014-08-18T04:05:59.041-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6 through SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using an invalid MIME-type that does not have a registered handler. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2008-04-08T16:04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title | Data Stream Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 76 |
Seebug
bulletinFamily exploit description BUGTRAQ ID: 28552 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2008-1085 Internet Explorer是微软发布的非常流行的WEB浏览器。 IE在处理数据流时存在漏洞，远程攻击者可能利用此漏洞控制用户系统。 如果用户使用Internet Explorer查看了特制网页，网页就可能返回没有注册处理器的非预期MIME类型数据流，触发释放后使用的情况，导致执行任意代码。帐户被配置为拥有较少用户权限的用户比具有管理用户权限的用户受到的影响要小。 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP4 临时解决方法： * 以纯文本格式读取邮件消息。 厂商补丁： Microsoft --------- Microsoft已经为此发布了一个安全公告（MS08-024）以及相应补丁: MS08-024：Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (947864) 链接：<a href=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-024.mspx?pf=true target=_blank>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-024.mspx?pf=true</a> id SSV:3137 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2008-04-10 published 2008-04-10 reporter Root title Microsoft IE数据流处理远程代码执行漏洞（MS08-024） bulletinFamily exploit description BUGTRAQ ID: 28553 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2008-1085 Microsoft Windows是微软发布的非常流行的操作系统。 Windows DNS客户端服务在执行DNS查询时，随机选择事件处理值没有提供足够的熵。未经认证的攻击者可以向有漏洞客户端的DNS请求返回恶意响应，欺骗或重新定向合法位置的Internet通讯。 Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000SP4 Microsoft --------- Microsoft已经为此发布了一个安全公告（MS08-020）以及相应补丁: MS08-020：Vulnerability in DNS Client Could Allow Spoofing (945553) 链接：<a href=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-020.mspx?pf=true target=_blank>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-020.mspx?pf=true</a> id SSV:3141 last seen 2017-11-19 modified 2008-04-10 published 2008-04-10 reporter Root source https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-3141 title Microsoft Windows DNS客户端可预测事件处理ID漏洞（MS08-020）
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120845064910729&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27707
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-100/advisory/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490840/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28552
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019801
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-099A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1148/references
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-024
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5563