CVE-2008-3006

high

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack 2007 Gold and SP1; Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly parse Country record values when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Record Parsing Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/31455

http://secunia.com/advisories/31454

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-12

Updated: 2018-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High