Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word
CVE-2008-2244
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.321 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.321 · newest: 0.321 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office Word — versions 2002
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/30975 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- isc.sans.org/diary.html
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could…
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5897 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2244?
- CVE-2008-2244 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word, classified under CWE-399. Published 2008-07-09.
- Is CVE-2008-2244 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.