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."

Published: 2008-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4032 is rated Moderate Risk (59.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 59.43%, 98th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4032

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 2025-08-25 65.01% 59.43% -5.58%
2 2025-06-28 64.80% 65.01% +0.21%
3 2025-05-26 — 64.80% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4032

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4032

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4032

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office_sharepoint_server 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_sharepoint_server 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_sharepoint_server 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x32:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_sharepoint_server 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft search_server 2008 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:search_server:2008:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft search_server 2008 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:search_server:2008:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4032

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