CVE-2008-1898

Exp

A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an invalid WksPictureInterface property value, which triggers an improper function call.

Published: 2008-04-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1898 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.39%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1898

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16649 exploit_db edb 2010-09-25 Exploit-DB ↗
5530 exploit_db edb 2008-05-02 Exploit-DB ↗
5460 exploit_db edb 2008-04-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1898

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-08 79.46% 77.39% -2.07%
2 2025-11-29 79.81% 79.46% -0.35%
3 2025-06-11 — 79.81% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1898

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft works 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1898

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