CVE-2008-3068
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 17.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 17.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 17.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microsoft Access 2007
- Microsoft Excel 2003
- Microsoft Excel 2007
- Microsoft Frontpage 2003
- Microsoft Groove 2007
- Microsoft Infopath 2003
- Microsoft Infopath 2007
- Microsoft Office 2007
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Is it in your code?
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References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3978
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494101/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28548
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019738
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-002-outlook-smime.txt
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-003-live-mail-smime.txt
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-004-office2007-signatures.txt
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3978
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494101/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28548
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019738
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html