CVE-2008-3003

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Gold and SP1 does not properly delete the PWD (password) string from connections.xml when a .xlsx file is configured not to save the remote data session password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and obtain access to a remote data source, aka the "Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2007, 2007-sp1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020669
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5951
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020669

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