CVE-2008-6063: Microsoft Word

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 10.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Word 2007, when the "Save as PDF" add-on is enabled, places an absolute pathname in the Subject field during an "Email as PDF" operation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as the sender's account name and a Temporary Internet Files subdirectory name.

Affected products

• Microsoft Word: version 2007 only

Published 2009-02-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.