CVE-2008-0081

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

57.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2008-01-16 22:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-17 15:12Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-01-03

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-908Use of Uninitialized ResourceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bf47f7858ad36e2362decb9f7a670bcaaceb508eaa40edfe90e0e9f28daefea9

• securitytracker.com1019200http://securitytracker.com/id?1019200vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5546https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commicrosoft-excel-unspecified-code-execution(39699)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.us-cert.govTA08-071Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.microsoft.com947563http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspxvendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
• www.securityfocus.com27305http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• docs.microsoft.comMS08-014https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• marc.infoSSRT080028http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• www.vupen.comADV-2008-0146http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.vupen.comADV-2008-0846http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• secunia.com28506http://secunia.com/advisories/28506third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA