CVE-2008-6063: Infoleak

First published: Thu Feb 05 2009(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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