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CVE-2008-3018

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3018 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Office Converter Pack, and Works 8. It stems from improper parsing of PICT file lengths, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted PICT file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_converter_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3031 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-044
secunia.com / advisories/31336
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5879
securityfocus.com / bid/30597
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2348