CVE-2008-3005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a crafted array index for a FORMAT record, aka the "Excel Index Array Vulnerability."

Published: 2008-08-12

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 54.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.54907.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=741
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30639
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020671
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%3A5837

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2008-08-12T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:35.040Z

Reserved: 2008-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3005

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-12T23:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3005

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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