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CVE-2008-3068

N/A

Published: July 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC

17 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeExcelOutlook

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 17%

Description

Microsoft Crypto API 5.131.2600.2180 through 6.0, as used in Outlook, Windows Live Mail, and Office 2007, performs Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checks by using an arbitrary URL from a certificate embedded in a (1) S/MIME e-mail message or (2) signed document, which allows remote attackers to obtain reading times and IP addresses of recipients, and port-scan results, via a crafted certificate with an Authority Information Access (AIA) extension.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Access · Microsoft

95%

Excel · Microsoft

95%

Frontpage · Microsoft

95%

Groove · Microsoft

95%

Infopath · Microsoft

95%

Office · Microsoft

95%

20072007 sp1

Office Communicator · Microsoft

95%

OneNote · Microsoft

95%

Outlook · Microsoft

95%

PowerPoint · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (14)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3978

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493947/100/0/threaded

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494101/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28548

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019736

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019737

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019738

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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