Vulnerability CVE-2008-6063


Published: 2009-02-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft Word 2007, when the "Save as PDF" add-on is enabled, places an absolute pathname in the Subject field during an "Email as PDF" operation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as the sender's account name and a Temporary Internet Files subdirectory name.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Word 2007 Email as PDF path disclosure flaw
ebk_lists
08.02.2009

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Microsoft -> WORD 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486088/100/0/threaded

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