CVE-2008-3068

Summary

CVE	CVE-2008-3068
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2008-07-07 23:41:00 UTC
Updated	2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Description	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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Microsoft	Access	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Excel	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Excel	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Frontpage	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Groove	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Infopath	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Infopath	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Office	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Office	2007	sp1	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Office Communicator	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Onenote	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Outlook	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Outlook	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Powerpoint	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Powerpoint	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Project Professional	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Project Standard	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Publisher	2003	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Publisher	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Sharepoint Designer	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Visio Professional	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Visio Standard	2007	All	All	All
Application	Microsoft	Windows Live Mail	2008	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
SecurityFocus	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.cynops.de
www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.cynops.de
404 Not Found	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.klink.name
CXSecurity - IDS	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	securityreason.com
www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.cynops.de
www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.cynops.de
404 Not Found	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.klink.name
SecurityFocus	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Crypto API X.509 Certificate Validation Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.klink.name
Microsoft Outlook S/MIME Processing Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary URLs - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
Windows Live Mail S/MIME Processing Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary URLs - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft Office S/MIME Processing Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary URLs - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

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There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.