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CVE-2008-4269

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• 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

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