RCE in Microsoft Organization Chart

CVE-2008-3956

orgchart.exe in Microsoft Organization Chart 2.00 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .opx file.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2008-09-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.134 (96.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.134 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Organization Chart — versions 2.00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44993 (vdb-entry)
www.nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/orgchart.htm (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31059 (vdb-entry)