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CVE-2008-4020 Details

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html	CVE
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32138	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693	CVE	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807	CVE
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000070.html	[email protected]
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2	[email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-056	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32138	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45546	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45550	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5969	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2807	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft office	xp sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]