CVE-2008-4033
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0, as used in Microsoft...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-4033- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2008-4033- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-4018 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2008-4018- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-65h5-7wf2-rcj3 No score
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0, as used in Microsoft...
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."
- Record
GHSA-65h5-7wf2-rcj3- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft XML Core Services DTD - Cross-Domain Scripting (MS08-069) | 2008-11-23 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-4033 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Xml Core Services, published November 12, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.7%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5847
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3111
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-069
securitytracker.com/id?1021164
securityfocus.com/bid/32204
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4033
github.com/advisories/GHSA-65h5-7wf2-rcj3