CVE-2008-4032

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."

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2008-12-10

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Office Sharepoint Server (Microsoft)
• Search Server (Microsoft)

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