CVE-2008-1898 describes a critical vulnerability in a specific ActiveX control (WkImgSrv.dll) found in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003/2007. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by providing an invalid property value to the WksPictureInterface, leading to an improper function call. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a severe risk (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), indicating network-based attacks with medium complexity can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available, including a Metasploit module and several ExploitDB entries, suggesting a high potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.