THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3068
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3068

Access vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
17.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Access
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2008-07-07

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 17.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3068

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Access is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3068.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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