CVE-2008-2463

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The Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control in snapview.ocx 10.0.5529.0, as distributed in the standalone Snapshot Viewer and Microsoft Office Access 2000 through 2003, allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files to a client machine via a crafted HTML document or e-mail message, probably involving use of the SnapshotPath and CompressedPath properties and the PrintSnapshot method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Published: 2008-07-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2463 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.09%, 99th percentile). 2 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-2008-2463

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16605 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
6124 exploit_db edb 2008-07-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2463

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 2025-03-30 85.58% 84.09% -1.49%
2 2025-03-29 84.09% 85.58% +1.49%
3 2025-03-19 — 84.09% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2463

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2463

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2463

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office_2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office_xp cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2463

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