CVE-2008-4020

N/A Unknown
Published: October 15, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32138
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32138
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
31.3%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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