CVE-2008-2244 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.59834.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Office Word Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30975
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-07-09T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:00.789Z

Reserved: 2008-05-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2244

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-07-09T22:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2244

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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