CVE-2008-2547
Stack-based buffer overflow in msiexec.exe 3.1.4000.1823 and 4.5.6001.22159 in Microsoft Windows Installer allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long GUID value for the /x (aka /uninstall) option.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in msiexec.exe 3.1.4000.1823 and 4.5.6001.22159 in Microsoft Windows Installer allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long GUID value for the /x (aka /uninstall) option. NOTE: this issue might cross privilege boundaries if msiexec.exe is reachable via components such as ActiveX controls, and might additionally require a separate vulnerability in the control.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.49% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/windows installer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.aushack.com/200806-msiexec.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492961/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492986/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492992/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42887
- http://www.aushack.com/200806-msiexec.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492961/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492986/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492992/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42887
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.