Unscored severity · published Dec 10, 2008
CVE-2008-4030
Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel,…
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CVSS
23.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4028.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.4% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2004; 2008 · source: NVD
OC
Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
OO
Office Outlook · Microsoft
2007; 2007 · source: NVD
OW
Office Word · Microsoft
2000; 2002; 2003; 2007 · source: NVD
OW
Office Word Viewer · Microsoft
2003; 2003 · source: NVD
OX
Open Xml File Format Converter · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
WO
Works · Microsoft
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4030
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4030
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
docs.microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
oval.cisecurity.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5737
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