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."
CVE-2008-4033 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 13 products from microsoft, from microsoft, from microsoft and 10 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.
2008-11-12T23:30:02.727
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
8.6
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2000 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_vista | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_vista | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 3.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2000 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_vista | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 6.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2000 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_2003_server | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_vista | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_xp | * | No |
| Application | microsoft | xml_core_services | 5.0 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | expression_web | * | No |
| Application | microsoft | expression_web | 2 | No |
| Application | microsoft | groove | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2003 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | * | No |
| Application | microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | * | No |
| Application | microsoft | office_word_viewer | 2003 | No |
| Application | microsoft | sharepoint_server | 2007 | No |
| Application | microsoft | sharepoint_server | 2007 | No |
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