CVE-2008-3004
highpriority · attend · 48EPSS 0.322 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
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affected products (7)
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references (18)
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- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31454enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043enisa_euvd
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