01 Record

CVE-2008-4024

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 28.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
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.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-12-10 13:33Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-09-10

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4cab5091f426f84fefa7830ac15b456bc686fba68aba4172e43e1b0e4606967f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftofficeNot specified—

microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007Not specified—

microsoftoffice_outlookNot specified—

microsoftoffice_systemNot specified—

microsoftoffice_wordNot specified—

microsoftoffice_word_viewerNot specified—

microsoftopen_xml_file_format_converterNot specified—

microsoftworksNot specified—

06 References

docs.microsoft.comMS08-072https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
www.securityfocus.com20081210 CORE-2008-0228: Microsoft Word Malformed FIB Arbitrary Free Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5934https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdfx_refsource_MISC
www.securitytracker.com1021370http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.us-cert.govTA08-344Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.vupen.comADV-2008-3384http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-freex_refsource_MISC