VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 9.3EPSS 32.1%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 32.14% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/office word
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30975Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30975Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.