Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4269

RCE

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4269.

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Dec 10, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
20.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4269: The search-ms protocol handler in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold and SP1 and Server 2008 uses untrusted parameter data obtained from incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Windows Search Parsing Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

M
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Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/33053 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021366 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3387 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-075 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6110 http://secunia.com/advisories/33053 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021366 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3387 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-075 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6110
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4269 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.