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CVE-2008-4841

N/A

Published: December 10, 2008 at 01:33 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorWordpadWindows XpWindows Server 2003

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 43%

Description

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

Affected

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

Wordpad · Microsoft

95%

All versions

microsoft-windows-2000 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)

Windows 2000 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Server 2003 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Xp · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (13)

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/32997

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4711

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021376

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960906.mspx

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31399

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32718

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399NVD-CWE-noinfo

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