CVE-2008-4030 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office products, including Word and Outlook, as well as Word Viewer and Office Compatibility Pack. The flaw stems from incorrect memory allocation and corruption when processing crafted control words within RTF files or rich text email messages. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. Despite its high risk score and potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.