CVE-2008-0081

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 57.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-908

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted macros, aka "Macro Validation Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3490.

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp2
Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003
Microsoft Office: 2004

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28506
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019200
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2

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