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CVE-2008-3006

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1.

Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3.

Office Excel Viewer.

Office Compatibility Pack 2007 Gold and SP1.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1.

and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly parse Country record values when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Record Parsing Vulnerability.".

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.66668
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft officeall versions
microsoft office compatibility packall versions
microsoft office excel viewerall versions
microsoft sharepoint serverall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighCode Executed Via Office Add-in XLL File
producthighPotential Persistence Via Microsoft Office Add-In
producthighPotential Persistence Via Microsoft Office Startup Folder
producthighFile With Uncommon Extension Created By An Office Application
producthighOffice Macro File Creation From Suspicious Process
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD12 Aug 2008 · 11:41 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31455Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672
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