MSXML Header Request Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-4033
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0, as used in Microsoft Expression Web, Office, Internet Explorer, and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from another domain and corrupt the session state via HTTP request header fields, as demonstrated by the Transfer-Encoding field, aka "MSXML Header Request Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003012
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003012 - MSXML Header Request Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft 20007_Office_System sp1
- Microsoft Expression_web 2
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft Office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
- Microsoft Office_groove_server 2007
- Microsoft Office_sharepoint_server 2007
- Microsoft Word_Viewer 2003
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