THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4032
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4032

Office Sharepoint Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
47.9%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
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."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office Sharepoint Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2008-12-10

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 47.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4032

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4032.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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