HIGH
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc
Published Jul 9, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 32.14%
Description
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.
Affected products
No data.
- 2002
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
32.14% 0.32139
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.32139
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 32.14% (0.32139) | 98.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 32.14% (0.32139) | 98.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 59.83% (0.59834) | 98.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 64.22% (0.64218) | 98.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 69.31% (0.69310) | 98.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 64.22% (0.64218) | 98.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 90.54% (0.90544) | 99.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 88.28% (0.88285) | 98.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 79.10% (0.79098) | 98.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 58.49% (0.58487) | 97.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2024 | 63.76% (0.63758) | 97.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 69.77% (0.69773) | 97.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 23, 2024 | 82.15% (0.82146) | 98.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 83.91% (0.83913) | 98.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 84.87% (0.84866) | 98.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 83.21% (0.83214) | 98.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 86.84% (0.86840) | 98.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 87.83% (0.87829) | 98.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696 x_refsource_MISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30975 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30975 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Jul 9, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 16, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2244
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a