CVE-2008-5823

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

An ActiveX control in prtstb06.dll in Microsoft Money 2006, when used with WScript in Windows Script Host (WSH) on Windows Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and application crash) via a zero value for the Startup property.

Affected products

Microsoft Money: 2006

References

http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47756
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47756

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