THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3475
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3475

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
39.9%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource
Published
2008-10-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 39.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3475

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3475.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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