CVE-2008-3068
HIGHEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Microsoft Crypto API 5.131.2600.2180 through 6.0, as used in Outlook, Windows Live Mail, and Office 2007, performs Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checks by using an arbitrary URL from a certificate embedded in a (1) S/MIME e-mail message or (2) signed document, which allows remote attackers to obtain reading times and IP addresses of recipients, and port-scan results, via a crafted certificate with an Authority Information Access (AIA) extension.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3978
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494101/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28548
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019738
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-002.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-003.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-004.txt
- https://www.cynops.de/techzone/http_over_x509.html
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-002-outlook-smime.txt
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-003-live-mail-smime.txt
- https://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-004-office2007-signatures.txt
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