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CVE-2008-4025

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4025 is an integer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office products, including Word, Outlook, and Word Viewer, across various versions and platforms. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious RTF files or rich text email messages that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
2008CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
32.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3294 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
secunia.com / secunia_research/2008-21
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5682
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499054/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3384
Vendor Advisory