CVE-2008-2752

Exp

Microsoft Word 2000 9.0.2812 and 2003 11.8106.8172 does not properly handle unordered lists, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .doc file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-06-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2752 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 40.26%, 97th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.25% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2752

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31934 exploit_db edb 2008-06-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2752

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 34.02% 40.26% +6.25%
2 2025-03-29 40.26% 34.02% -6.25%
3 2025-03-20 — 40.26% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2752

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2752

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2752

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sr1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2752

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