CVE-2008-4032
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Search Server - Improper Authentication and Authorization
Title source: llmDescription
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."
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021367
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3389
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5774
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33063
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-077
Scores
EPSS
0.4791
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/office_sharepoint_server
2007 (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/search_server
2008 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 10, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026