CVE-2008-2244

Published: Jul 9, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

NVD MITRE

9.3CVSSCRITICAL

EPSS Score

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 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

office word microsoft

On-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

n/a n/a

microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx

blogs.technet.com

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696

isc.sans.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2

marc.info

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Timeline

Published

Jul 9, 2008

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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