Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4032 · published 10 December 2008
CVE-2008-4032: SharePoint Server and Search Server missing auth on admin functions
Microsoft · Office Sharepoint Server
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Gold and SP1) and Microsoft Search Server 2008 fail to properly authenticate and authorize requests to administrative URIs. Unauthenticated remote attackers can reach administrative functionality, leading to denial of service, information disclosure, and script creation that runs in the context of the site.
Description
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."
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Automated analysis
high priorityUnauthenticated remote access to administrative functions with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, plus very high EPSS percentile, warrants high priority despite no KEV listing.
What it is
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Gold and SP1) and Microsoft Search Server 2008 fail to properly authenticate and authorize requests to administrative URIs. Unauthenticated remote attackers can reach administrative functionality, leading to denial of service, information disclosure, and script creation that runs in the context of the site.
Impact
An attacker can cause server load denial of service, obtain sensitive information, and create scripts that execute in the site's context, potentially enabling further compromise of the SharePoint environment.
Attack surface
Reachable over the network via HTTP requests to administrative URIs; the CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N indicates no authentication and no user interaction are required.
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV and no ransomware associations are documented; EPSS is 0.4791 (98.8th percentile), indicating high predicted exploitation likelihood, though no public exploit references are tagged in the record.
What to do
- Apply Microsoft security bulletin MS08-077 for SharePoint Server 2007 and Search Server 2008.
- Restrict network access to SharePoint administrative URIs to trusted management hosts.
- Enforce authentication and authorization checks on administrative endpoints at the reverse proxy or WAF layer.
- Monitor and review SharePoint server logs for anomalous requests to administrative paths.
- Isolate or upgrade end-of-life SharePoint 2007 and Search Server 2008 deployments.
Detection
- Alert on unauthenticated HTTP requests to SharePoint administrative URIs such as /_admin/ and /_layouts/ paths.
- Monitor for sudden spikes in server load or request volume correlated with administrative endpoint access.
- Review SharePoint IIS logs for requests creating or modifying scripts or web part content from unexpected sources.
- Correlate access to administrative URIs with source IPs outside expected management networks.
This assessment is produced automatically and is not human-reviewed. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting on it.
Affected products
2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4032), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
