National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-1208
Original release date:06/14/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Integer overflow in Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP SP2 and earlier, and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted compiled Help (.CHM) file with a large size field that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a "ms-its:" URL in Internet Explorer.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-165A
Name: TA05-165A
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#851869
Name: VU#851869
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-026
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15683
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VULNWATCH
Name: 20050614 eEye Advisory - EEYEB-20050316 - HTML Help File Parsing Buffer Overflow
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 13953
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:463
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:463
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:381
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:381
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1057
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1057
Type: Tool Signature
