Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3004
CVE-2008-3004
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."
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2004 and 2008 for Mac
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 2003
- Range: 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- secunia.com/advisories/31454nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvd
- marc.infonvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5885nvd
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