Detections
Analytics
MS08-056: Microsoft Office CDO Protocol (cdo:) Content-Disposition: Attachment Header XSS (957699)
low Nessus Plugin ID 34401
Synopsis
The remote installation of Microsoft Office is vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw.Description
The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Office that is subject to an information disclosure flaw.When a user clicks on a special CDO URL, an attacker could inject a client side script that could be used to disclose information.
To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue CDO URL to a user of the remote computer and have it click it.
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office XP.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-056
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 34401
File Name: smb_nt_ms08-056.nasl
Version: 1.30
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 10/15/2008
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4020
BID: 31693