CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3068
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Microsoft Crypto API 5.131.2600.2180 through 6.0, as used in Outlook, Windows Live Mail, and Office 2007, performs Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checks by using an arbitrary URL from a certificate embedded in a (1) S/MIME e-mail message or (2) signed document, which allows remote attackers to obtain reading times and IP addresses of recipients, and port-scan results, via a crafted certificate with an Authority Information Access (AIA) extension.
Affected configurations
• microsoft access 2007
• microsoft excel 2003
• microsoft excel 2007
• microsoft frontpage 2003
• microsoft groove 2007
• microsoft infopath 2003
• microsoft infopath 2007
• microsoft office 2007
• microsoft office communicator 2007
• microsoft onenote 2003
• microsoft outlook 2003
• microsoft outlook 2007
• microsoft powerpoint 2003
• microsoft powerpoint 2007
• microsoft project professional 2007
• microsoft project standard 2007
• microsoft publisher 2003
• microsoft publisher 2007
• microsoft sharepoint designer 2007
• microsoft visio professional 2007
• microsoft visio standard 2007
• microsoft windows live mail 2008
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3978 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493947/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494101/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28548 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019736 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019737 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019738 www.securitytracker.com
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt www.cynops.de
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt www.cynops.de
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt www.cynops.de
- https://www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html www.cynops.de
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-002-outlook-smime.txt www.klink.name
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-003-live-mail-smime.txt www.klink.name
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-004-office2007-signatures.txt www.klink.name
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3978 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493947/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494101/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28548 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019736 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019737 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019738 www.securitytracker.com
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt www.cynops.de
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt www.cynops.de
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt www.cynops.de
- https://www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html www.cynops.de
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-002-outlook-smime.txt www.klink.name
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-003-live-mail-smime.txt www.klink.name
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-004-office2007-signatures.txt www.klink.name