Vulnerability Details : 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."
Vulnerability category: Execute code
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3006
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 78.91%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 98 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-3006
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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9.3
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
8.6
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10.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-3006
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-3006
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347
Vendor Advisory
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http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043
Products affected by CVE-2008-3006
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*