Improper input validation in Microsoft Office
CVE-2008-3003
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Gold and SP1 does not properly delete the PWD (password) string from connections.xml when a .xlsx file is configured not to save the remote data session password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and obtain access to a remote data source, aka the "Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (75.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2007
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5951 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/31454 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)