PT-2008-4437 · Microsoft · Office+1

Published 2008-08-12 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-3005

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office Excel versions 2000 SP3 through 2002 SP3 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Excel processes an array index when loading Excel files into memory. An attacker could exploit this by opening a specially crafted file, which could be hosted on a Web site or included as an e-mail attachment.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3005

Affected Products

Office

Office Excel

References · 12

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31454 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3005 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3005 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5837 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30639 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=741 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-043 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020671 · Note