CVE-2008-1898
A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 52.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll WKsPictureInterface() ActiveX Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/msworks_wkspictureinterfaceRank lowdisclosed 28 Nov 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Works 7 - 'WkImgSrv.dll' WKsPictureInterface() ActiveX (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16649remote, windowspublished 25 Sept 2010Verified
- Microsoft Works 7 - 'WkImgSrv.dll' ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5530remote, windowspublished 2 May 2008Verified
- Microsoft Works 7 - 'WkImgSrv.dll' ActiveX Denial of Service (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5460dos, windowspublished 17 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 5530 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5460 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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)
- 52.0% · top 1.0% 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
7
- http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/06/05/why-there-wont-be-a-security-update-for-wkimgsrv-dll.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 5530 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 28820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080502 Microsoft Work ActiveX Insecure Method Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20080417 Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll crash POC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5460 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- microsoft-works-wkimgsrv-dos(41876) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2008-1898 (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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