Title: Retired: Internet Explorer 'chromeHTML://' Command Line Parameter Injection Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Internet Explorer is a web browser available for various operating systems.
Internet Explorer is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers inject command-line parameters through protocol handlers. This issue occurs because the application fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input. Specifically, attackers can exploit this issue to pass and execute arbitrary commands and arguments through the 'chromeHTML://' URI handler.
Exploiting this issue would permit remote attackers to influence command options that can be called through the vulnerable protocol handler and to execute commands with the privileges of a user running the application. Attackers may also be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.
Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
This issue is being retired as a duplicate of BID 32997 (Google Chrome 'chromeHTML://' Command Line Parameter Injection Vulnerability).
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 beta 2
References:
- Microsoft: Microsoft Internet Explorer Homepage
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