CVE-2008-3006

Impact

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."

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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