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CVE-2008-4032

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 47.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 do not properly perform authentication and authorization for administrative functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server load), obtain sensitive information, and "create scripts that would run in the context of the site" via requests to administrative URIs, aka "Access Control Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server: 2007, 2007-sp1
• Microsoft Search Server: 2008

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33063
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021367
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3389
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-077
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5774
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33063
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021367
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3389
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-077
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5774

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