CVE-2008-3006
highpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.356 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft office compatibility pack= 2007nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31454enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31455enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347enisa_euvd
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