CVE-2008-4032: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 47.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 do not properly perform authentication and authorization for administrative functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server load), obtain sensitive information, and "create scripts that would run in the context of the site" via requests to administrative URIs, aka "Access Control Vulnerability."

Affected products

  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server: version 2007 only
  • Microsoft Search Server: version 2008 only

Published 2008-12-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.