National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2470
Original release date:09/18/2008
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The InstallShield Update Service Agent ActiveX control in isusweb.dll allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a call to ExecuteRemote with a URL that results in a 404 error response.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#630017
Name: VU#630017
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q113020
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: installshield-updateservice-bo(45248)
External Source: BID
Name: 31235
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2625