Microsoft Office 2003/2007/Xp URI input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2007/Xp. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component URI Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3007. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2007/Xp (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Argument injection vulnerability in a URI handler in Microsoft Office XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, 2007 Office System Gold and SP1, and Office OneNote 2007 Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted onenote:// URL, aka "Uniform Resource Locator Validation Error Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 09/09/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2008 by Brett Moore with Insomnia Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3007 since 07/07/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 34123 (MS08-055: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955047)), 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 110086 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-055)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6324.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44708), Tenable (34123), SecurityFocus (BID 31067†), OSVDB (47964†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020833†). The entries VDB-43957, VDB-43956, VDB-43955 and VDB-43954 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Nessus ID: 34123
Nessus Name: MS08-055: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955047)
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OpenVAS ID: 900046
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (955047)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: Insomnia Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43952

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X-Force: 44708
SecurityFocus: 31067 - Microsoft Office OneNote URL Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 47964 - CVE-2008-3007 - MS08-055 - Microsoft - Office - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020833
Vulnerability Center: 19420 - [MS08-055] Microsoft Office Vulnerability Allows Remote code Execution using Crafted OneNote Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2523

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/26/2025 23:33
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (87), 08/16/2019 16:49 (5), 05/26/2025 23:33 (18)
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