CVE-2008-4264
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed formula, which triggers "pointer corruption" during the loading of formulas from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 25.54% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/office excel · microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007 · microsoft/office excel viewer · microsoft/open xml file format converter
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32621
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5556
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32621
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5556
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.