Unscored severity · published Dec 10, 2008
CVE-2008-4031
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; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and…
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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; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed string 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."
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-2008-4031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4031
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%3A5952
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