MS08-056Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Information Disclosure (957699) |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MS08-056 | First vendor Publication | 2008-10-14 |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Last vendor Modification | 2008-11-12 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Moderate | Revision | 1.1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentification | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
Revision Note: V1.1 (November 12, 2008): Corrected the removal information in the section, Security Update Deployment, to state that this security update cannot be uninstalled. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user clicks a specially crafted CDO URL. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could inject a client side script in the user's browser that could spoof content, disclose information, or take any action that the user could take on the affected Web site. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-056.mspx |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5969 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5969 | ||
| Title: | Vulnerability in Content-Disposition Header Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a document that contains a "Content-Disposition: attachment" header and is accessed through a cdo: URL, which renders the content instead of raising a File Download dialog box, aka "Vulnerability in Content-Disposition Header Vulnerability." | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4020 |
Version: | 2 |
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Product(s): | Microsoft Office XP |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 49052 | Microsoft Office CDO Protocol (cdo:) Content-Disposition: Attachment Header XSS |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-05-11 00:49:22 |
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(Critical)
(Medium)
