RCE in Microsoft Office
CVE-2008-4024
Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
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: 0.289 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.289 · newest: 0.289 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008, 2000
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007
- Microsoft Office Outlook — versions 2007
- Microsoft Office System — versions sp1
- Microsoft Office Word — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Office Word Viewer — versions 2003
- Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter
- Microsoft Works — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5934 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free