A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows…

Description

A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an invalid WksPictureInterface property value, which triggers an improper function call.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

52.0% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/06/05/why-there-wont-be-a-security-update-for-wkimgsrv-dll.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 5530 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• 28820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20080502 Microsoft Work ActiveX Insecure Method Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20080417 Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll crash POC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 5460 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• microsoft-works-wkimgsrv-dos(41876) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-1898](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-1898.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-1898)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:40 UTC.