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CVE-2008-4029

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4029 describes a cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 and 4.0, impacting various Microsoft Windows operating systems and Internet Explorer. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from other domains through specially crafted XML documents, exploiting improper error checks for external DTDs. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score indicate a significant potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
26.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7196 · Nov 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2674 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 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/ms08-069
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5999
securityfocus.com / bid/32155
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3111