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CVE-2008-4028

Published: Dec 10, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
38.1%
Top 1.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words related to multiple Drawing Object tags in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4030.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
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-119

Affected Products

officemicrosoft
Desktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007microsoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
office word viewermicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
open xml file format convertermicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Operating Systems / windows
worksmicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
and 3 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499063/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
securitytracker.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
us-cert.gov
and 5 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 10, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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