Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2249 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 17 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Msbulletin
bulletin_id | MS08-071 |
bulletin_url | |
date | 2008-12-09T00:00:00 |
impact | Remote Code Execution |
knowledgebase_id | 956802 |
knowledgebase_url | |
severity | Critical |
title | Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
NASL id | SMB_NT_MS08-071.NASL |
description | The remote host is running a version of Windows that is affected by multiple buffer oveflow vulnerabilities when viewing WMF files, that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to send a malformed WMF file to a user on the remote host and wait for him to open it using an affected Microsoft application. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 35070 |
published | 2008-12-10 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35070 |
title | MS08-071: Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956802) |
code |
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Oval
accepted | 2011-11-21T04:13:13.540-05:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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description | Integer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in a crafted WMF file, which triggers a buffer overflow, aka "GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2008-12-09T13:31:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | GDI Integer Overflow Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 73 |
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=762
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021365
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3383
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-071
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5984