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."
Published Oct 15, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 24.39%
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."
Affected products
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 24.39% (0.24389) | 97.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 24.39% (0.24389) | 97.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 31.30% (0.31298) | 96.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 13.98% (0.13975) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 33.99% (0.33990) | 97.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2024 | 34.93% (0.34932) | 97.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 33.58% (0.33584) | 97.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2024 | 22.63% (0.22630) | 96.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 17.33% (0.17329) | 96.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2024 | 18.82% (0.18823) | 96.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 15.59% (0.15589) | 95.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 10.68% (0.10681) | 94.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09916) | 94.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 11.64% (0.11641) | 94.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2023 | 6.66% (0.06656) | 92.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | 4.81% (0.04811) | 91.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.04% (0.06040) | 92.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.04% (0.23038) | 96.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 23.04% (0.23038) | 96.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.04% (0.23038) | 94.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
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