CVE-2008-3004

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.2% 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 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly validate index values for AxesSet records when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Indexing Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp2, 2003-sp3, xp-sp3, 2004, 2008
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer: 2003

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670
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%3A5885
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454

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