VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4020
CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability24.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-10-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a document that contains a "Content-Disposition: attachment" header and is accessed through a cdo: URL, which renders the content instead of raising a File Download dialog box, aka "Vulnerability in Content-Disposition Header Vulnerability."
Weakness classification
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')