Summary
This host has installed Internet Explorer and is prone to Argument Injection vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary codes with the user privileges and cause argument injection in the context of the vulnerable application.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
For updates refer to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx
Insight
The flaw is due to lack of sanitization check of user supplied input which causes remote command execution in the context of the application via --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI.
Affected
Microsoft, Internet Explorer version 8 beta 2 and prior on Windows.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5750 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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