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CVE-2008-4020

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a do…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
24.4%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
0
none known

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."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

24.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2807 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32138 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45546 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP, x_transferred
  • jvndb.jvn.jp /ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVNDB, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45550 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1021045 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/31693 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • us-cert.gov /cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT, x_transferred

Sources

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