HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1088

Project vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
31.9%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1, 2002 SP1, and 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Project file, related to improper validation of "memory resource allocations."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Project
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-04-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 31.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1088

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Project is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1088.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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