Detections
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CVE-2008-4032
critical
Description
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 do not properly perform authentication and authorization for administrative functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server load), obtain sensitive information, and "create scripts that would run in the context of the site" via requests to administrative URIs, aka "Access Control Vulnerability."
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5774
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-077
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3389
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html