Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-3006
CVE-2008-3006
Description
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."
Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 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:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
11- secunia.com/advisories/31454nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31455nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561nvd
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