RCE in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2008-0115
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2007, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office for Mac 2004 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed formulas, aka "Excel Formula Parsing Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.393 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.393 · newest: 0.393 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Excel Viewer — versions 2003
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28167 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html (US Government Resource, Patch, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5512 (signature, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014 (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)