CVE-2008-4024

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4024
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-10T14:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:25:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_outlook:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:office_system:*:2007:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:office_system:sp1:2007:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4024
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4024
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:00:31 Added to TrackCVE