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CVE-2008-4020
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a…
Medium4.3EPSS 24.4%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a document that contains a "Content-Disposition: attachment" header and is accessed through a cdo: URL, which renders the content instead of raising a File Download dialog box, aka "Vulnerability in Content-Disposition Header Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.4% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- ADV-2008-2807 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- office-cdo-xss(45546) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT080143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- JVNDB-2008-000070 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- MS08-056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- win-ms08kb957699-update(45550) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- JVN#55410403 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- 1021045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 31693 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA08-288A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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