cve-2008-4020
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-15 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:00
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html
secure@microsoft.comhttp://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html
secure@microsoft.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
secure@microsoft.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32138Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693Patch
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.htmlUS Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056
secure@microsoft.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546
secure@microsoft.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969
Impacted products
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