CVE-2008-1435

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows Vista up to SP1, and Server 2008, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted saved-search (.search-ms) files that are not properly handled when saving, aka "Windows Saved Search Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows-Nt: 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30953
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30109
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020436
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2020/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-038
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5600
http://secunia.com/advisories/30953
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30109
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020436
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2020/references

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