CVE-2008-4020
Microsoft Office XSS
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a document that contains a "Content-Disposition: attachment" header and is accessed through a cdo: URL, which renders the content instead of raising a File Download dialog box, aka "Vulnerability in Content-Disposition Header Vulnerability."
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 15, 2008, 12:12 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office XP.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2008-4020.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4020 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-4020
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-4020 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-4020 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html Added Reference http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32138 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807 Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-056.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5969 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45546 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45550 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
31.30 }} -0.47%
score
0.96379
percentile