CVE-2008-3068

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3068
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-07 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:45:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Access 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Access 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Excel 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 Frontpage 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Groove 2007 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 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 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2007 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Onenote 2003 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 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 Powerpoint 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Project Professional 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Project Professional 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Project Standard 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 Publisher 2003 All All All
Application Microsoft Publisher 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Sharepoint Designer 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Sharepoint Designer 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio Standard 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio Standard 2007 All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Live Mail 2008 All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Live Mail 2008 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CXSecurity - IDS SREASON securityreason.com
www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt MISC www.cynops.de
www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html MISC www.cynops.de
www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt MISC www.cynops.de
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Crypto API X.509 Certificate Validation Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Windows Live Mail S/MIME Processing Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary URLs - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
404 Not Found MISC www.klink.name
Microsoft Outlook S/MIME Processing Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary URLs - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft Office S/MIME Processing Lets Remote Users Access Arbitrary URLs - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
404 Not Found MISC www.klink.name
404 Not Found MISC www.klink.name
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt MISC www.cynops.de
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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