Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2463
CVE-2008-2463
Description
The Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control in snapview.ocx 10.0.5529.0, as distributed in the standalone Snapshot Viewer and Microsoft Office Access 2000 through 2003, allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files to a client machine via a crafted HTML document or e-mail message, probably involving use of the SnapshotPath and CompressedPath properties and the PrintSnapshot method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_snapshot_viewer_activex:office_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.0.5529.0
- Range: 2000 through 2003
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/837785nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-189A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30883nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6124nvd
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/955179.mspxnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30114nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2012/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43613nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6120nvd
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