CVE-2008-0115

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 39.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2007, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office for Mac 2004 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed formulas, aka "Excel Formula Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2007
Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003
Microsoft Office: 2004
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28167
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019585
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5512
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28167
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019585
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references

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