CVE-2008-0105
Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 43.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section header index table information, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Index Table Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Office 2003 - '.wps' Local Stack Overflow (MS08-011) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5107local, windowspublished 13 Feb 2008Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 36 days later
· 36 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 43.8% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27658 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBST02314 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 28904 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA08-043C (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS08-011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0118 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0105)Record last updated .