CVE-2008-3004

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly validate index values for AxesSet records when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Indexing Validation Vulnerability."

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2008-08-12

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Office (Microsoft)
• Office Excel Viewer (Microsoft)

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5885