CVE-2008-1456: Input Validation
First published: Wed Aug 13 2008(Updated: )
Array index vulnerability in the Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request that is used to access an array of function pointers.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows-nt | =xp-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Windows-nt | =2008 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows-nt | =vista | |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp2 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31417
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30586
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2353
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5630
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-049
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- agent/remedy
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows xp
- version/microsoft windows xp/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows 2000
- version/microsoft windows 2000/sp4
- canonical/microsoft windows vista
- version/microsoft windows vista/sp1
- canonical/microsoft windows-nt
- version/microsoft windows-nt/xp-sp3
- version/microsoft windows-nt/2008
- canonical/microsoft windows 2003 server
- version/microsoft windows 2003 server/sp1
- version/microsoft windows-nt/vista
- version/microsoft windows 2003 server/sp2