Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4381 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4345
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496830/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496926/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45639