CVE-2008-4033 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive cross-domain information and corrupt session state via crafted HTTP headers in Microsoft XML Core Services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4033?
CVE-2008-4033 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0, as used in Microsoft Expression Web, Office, Internet Explorer, and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from another domain and corrupt the session state via HTTP request header fields, as demonstrated by the Transfer-Encoding field, aka "MSXML Header Request Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4033?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Xml Core Services.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4033?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4033 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-4033 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4033 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2012-1889 Microsoft XML Core Services Memory Corruption
- CVE-2010-2561 Microsoft XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 does not properly handle HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
- CVE-2007-2223 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2016-0147 Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML 3.0 Remote Code Executi
- CVE-2006-5745 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65h5-7wf2-rcj3.