CVE-2008-3006
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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."
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31455
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561
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