Microsoft Project 2000/2002/2003 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Project 2000/2002/2003. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1088. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Project 2000/2002/2003 (Project Management Software). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1, 2002 SP1, and 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Project file, related to improper validation of "memory resource allocations."

The bug was discovered 04/08/2008. The weakness was published 04/08/2008 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1088 since 02/28/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31791 (MS08-018: Vulnerability in Microsoft Project Could Allow Remote Code Execution (950183)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110077 (Microsoft Project Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-018)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6035.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41448), Tenable (31791), SecurityFocus (BID 28607†), OSVDB (44212†) and Secunia (SA29690†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 31791
Nessus Name: MS08-018: Vulnerability in Microsoft Project Could Allow Remote Code Execution (950183)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1088 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1088
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41880

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X-Force: 41448
SecurityFocus: 28607 - Microsoft Project Resource Memory Allocation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 29690
OSVDB: 44212 - CVE-2008-1088 - MS08-018 - Microsoft - Project - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019797
Vulnerability Center: 18133 - [MS08-018] Microsoft Project Memory Resource Allocations Vulnerability Allow Remote Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1142

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/01/2025 06:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (70), 08/08/2019 10:29 (12), 01/05/2025 19:31 (17), 06/01/2025 06:39 (2)
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