CVE-2008-4269: Microsoft Windows Server 2008

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 20.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The search-ms protocol handler in Windows Explorer in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold and SP1 and Server 2008 uses untrusted parameter data obtained from incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, aka "Windows Search Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version

Published 2008-12-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.