Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4024 First vendor Publication 2008-12-10
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-30

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4024

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5934
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5934
Title: Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description: 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."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4024
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 Product(s): Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 2
Application 2
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-12-10 Name : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (9...
File : nvt/secpod_ms08-072.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50590 Microsoft Office Word Malformed File Information Block (FIB) lcbPlcfBkfSdt' F...

A buffer overflow exists in Word. Word fails to validate the 'lcbPlcfBkfSdt' field value in document files resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted file, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2020-01-07 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 52359 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2020-01-07 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 52358 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2020-01-07 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 52357 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2020-01-07 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 52356 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2018-02-20 Microsoft Office Word PlfLfo use after free attempt
RuleID : 45492 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2018-02-20 Microsoft Office Word PlfLfo use after free attempt
RuleID : 45491 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-09-28 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 44183 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-09-28 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 44182 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-09-06 Microsoft Office Word unpaired RTF dpendgroup buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 43854 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-09-06 Microsoft Office Word unpaired RTF dpendgroup buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 43853 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-08-08 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file double free attempt
RuleID : 43450 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-07-25 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 43328 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2016-04-19 Microsoft Office Word rtf malformed dpcallout buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 38262 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2016-03-14 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file stylesheet buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 36631 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23268 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23267 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23266 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word invalid sprmTDefTable length stack buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17591 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Word rich text file unpaired dpendgroup exploit attempt
RuleID : 15125 - Revision : 13 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file stylesheet buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 15107 - Revision : 19 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 15106 - Revision : 18 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word .rtf file double free attempt
RuleID : 15083 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word rtf malformed dpcallout buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 15082 - Revision : 18 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2010-10-20 Name : An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple ...
File : macosx_ms_office_dec2008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-10 Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Word.
File : smb_nt_ms08-072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
MISC http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384

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