CVE-2008-4020 (GCVE-0-2008-4020)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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| http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55410403/index.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021045 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31693 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
Date Public
2008-10-14 00:00
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