Vulnerability in Microsoft Office
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 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."
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: 0.234 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.234 · newest: 0.234 · 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)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5952 (signature, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072 (vendor-advisory)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-4031?
- CVE-2008-4031 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under CWE-399. Published 2008-12-10.
- Is CVE-2008-4031 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.