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    CVE-2008-3006

    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."

    Published:Aug 12, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 12, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.66668
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Compatibility Pack
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Office Excel Viewer
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Sharepoint Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High