CVE-2008-0117

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 33.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP2, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted conditional formatting values, aka "Excel Conditional Formatting Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint 2007: all versions
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2007
Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003
Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2004, 2007, 2008, xp-sp3

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28170
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019587
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%3A5508
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28170
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019587
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references

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