CVE-2008-4020 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

Published: 2008-10-15

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 31.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.31298.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32138
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.298Z

Reserved: 2008-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4020

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-15T00:12:15.957

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

Link: CVE-2008-4020

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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