Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4020
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."
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4020
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 15.59%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 96 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4020
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-4020
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-4020
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
'[security bulletin] HPSBST02379 SSRT080143 rev.1 - Storage Management Appliance (SMA), Microsoft Pat' - MARC
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693
Patch
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045
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http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
Page Not Found | CISAUS Government Resource
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http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807
Products affected by CVE-2008-4020
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*