CVE-2008-4841
57Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actepss 43%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDDec 10
VulnCheckDec 10
exploitation probability
43%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
1 public exploit(s)
The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1
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References
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rarhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010http://secunia.com/advisories/32997http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4711http://securitytracker.com/id?1021376https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6050https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6560http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960906.mspxhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31399http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32718http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3390