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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-1898 in the critical feed json

A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remot…

published 2008-04-21 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1898

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
52.0%
EPSS 52.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an invalid WksPictureInterface property value, which triggers an improper function call.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-5460)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

52.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/msworks_wkspictureinterface Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll WKsPictureInterface() ActiveX Code Execution metasploit exploit, low rank, 2008-11-28
  • EDB-16649 Microsoft Works 7 - 'WkImgSrv.dll' WKsPictureInterface() ActiveX (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-25
  • EDB-5530 Microsoft Works 7 - 'WkImgSrv.dll' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2008-05-02
  • EDB-5460 Microsoft Works 7 - 'WkImgSrv.dll' ActiveX Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2008-04-17
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28820 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0029.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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