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CVE-2008-3068
Microsoft Crypto API 5.131.2600.2180 through 6.0, as used in Outlook, Windows Live Mail, and Office 2007, performs Certificate Revocation…
High7.5EPSS 17.4%
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Description
Microsoft Crypto API 5.131.2600.2180 through 6.0, as used in Outlook, Windows Live Mail, and Office 2007, performs Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checks by using an arbitrary URL from a certificate embedded in a (1) S/MIME e-mail message or (2) signed document, which allows remote attackers to obtain reading times and IP addresses of recipients, and port-scan results, via a crafted certificate with an Authority Information Access (AIA) extension.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.4% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3978 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080709 Re: Unauthorized reading confirmation from Outlook (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-004-office2007-signatures.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1019736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1019738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-003-live-mail-smime.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-002-outlook-smime.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1019737 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080703 Unauthorized reading confirmation from Outlook (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
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