CVE-2008-1898

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1898
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-21 17:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionA certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an invalid WksPictureInterface property value, which triggers an improper function call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Works 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll ActiveX Denial of Service PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll ActiveX Remote BOF Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Works 7 'WkImgSrv.dll' ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Security Research & Defense : Why there won't be a security update for WkImgSrv.dll af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.technet.com
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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