PT-2008-5344 · Microsoft · Xml Core Services

Gregory Fleischer · Published 2008-11-12 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2008-4029

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft XML Core Services versions 3.0 through 4.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from another domain via a crafted XML document, related to improper error checks for external DTDs.

Recommendations For Microsoft XML Core Services versions 3.0 through 4.0, consider applying configuration changes to restrict the processing of external DTDs in XML documents to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4029

Affected Products

Xml Core Services

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7196 · Exploit
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32155 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4029 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-069 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021164 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3111 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5999 · Note