THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3460
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3460

Office vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
32.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
WPGIMP32.FLT in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, and 2003 SP2; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 does not properly parse the length of a WordPerfect Graphics (WPG) file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WPG file, aka the "WPG Image File Heap Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-08-12

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 32.2% 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-2008-3460

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3460.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2008-3460

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2008-3460 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2008-3460?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2008-3460.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

HIGH
CVE-2014-4080
Internet Explorer vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2014-4081
Internet Explorer vulnerability
HIGH
CVE-2014-4082
Internet Explorer vulnerability