THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5823
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5823

Money vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
8.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
An ActiveX control in prtstb06.dll in Microsoft Money 2006, when used with WScript in Windows Script Host (WSH) on Windows Vista, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and application crash) via a zero value for the Startup property.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Money
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-01-02

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 8.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5823

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Money is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5823.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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