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    CVE-2008-2244

    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
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jul 9, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.59834
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Word

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30975
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897
    http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30975
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43663
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5897

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High