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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS08-023 Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (948881) Microsoft Internet Critical 09-04-2008

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability for a Microsoft product. This update also includes a kill bit for the Yahoo! Music Jukebox product.
Detailed Information on the risk:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the ActiveX control hxvz.dll. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged on user.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS08-023

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 (Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Vista x64 Edition
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1