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DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2008-12-12 CVE-2008-5521 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Free-Av Antivir 7.8.1.28/7.9.0.36
Avira AntiVir 7.9.0.36 and possibly 7.8.1.28, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka "EXE info") at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.
network
free-av microsoft CWE-20
critical
9.3
2008-12-12 CVE-2008-5520 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Ahnlab V3 Internet Security 2008.12.4.1/2008.9.13.0
AhnLab V3 2008.12.4.1 and possibly 2008.9.13.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka "EXE info") at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.
network
ahnlab microsoft CWE-20
critical
9.3
2008-12-11 CVE-2008-4844 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CRecordInstance::TransferToDestination function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, and 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DSO bindings involving (1) an XML Island, (2) XML DSOs, or (3) Tabular Data Control (TDC) in a crafted HTML or XML document, as demonstrated by nested SPAN or MARQUEE elements, and exploited in the wild in December 2008.
network
microsoft CWE-399
critical
9.3
2008-10-29 CVE-2008-4788 Remote Security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 omits high-bit URL-encoded characters when displaying the address bar, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a domain name that differs from an important domain name only in these characters, as demonstrated by using exam%A9ple.com to spoof example.com, aka MSRC ticket MSRC7900.
network
low complexity
microsoft
5.0
2008-10-29 CVE-2008-4787 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a hostname containing many   (Non-Blocking Space character) sequences, which are rendered as whitespace, aka MSRC ticket MSRC7899, a related issue to CVE-2003-1025.
network
microsoft
5.8
2008-10-15 CVE-2008-3475 Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 does not properly handle errors related to using the componentFromPoint method on xml objects that have been (1) incorrectly initialized or (2) deleted, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
network
low complexity
microsoft CWE-908
8.8
2008-10-15 CVE-2008-3473 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/6/7
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly determine the domain or security zone of origin of web script, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended cross-domain security policy, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted HTML document, aka "Event Handling Cross-Domain Vulnerability."
network
microsoft CWE-264
critical
9.3
2008-10-02 CVE-2008-4381 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6/7
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.
network
low complexity
microsoft CWE-399
5.0
2008-09-11 CVE-2008-3014 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
Buffer overflow in gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed WMF image file that triggers improper memory allocation, aka "GDI+ WMF Buffer Overrun Vulnerability."
network
microsoft CWE-119
critical
9.3
2008-09-11 CVE-2008-3013 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft products
gdiplus.dll in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System Gold and SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, PowerPoint Viewer 2003, Works 8, Digital Image Suite 2006, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, Report Viewer 2005 SP1 and 2008, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed GIF image file containing many extension markers for graphic control extensions and subsequent unknown labels, aka "GDI+ GIF Parsing Vulnerability."
network
microsoft CWE-399
critical
9.3