CVE-2008-3006: microsoft office Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-3006 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 35.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 12-08-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
35.65%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 35.65% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Microsoft4 products
- officeEOL2000:sp3 | 2003:sp2 | 2003:sp3 | 2007 | 2007:sp1 | xp:sp3 | 2004 | 2008
- office_compatibility_pack2007 | 2007:sp1
- office_excel_viewer2003 | 2003:sp1
- sharepoint_server2007 | 2007:sp1
1 vendor · 4 products
References
11 links- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
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- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/X Refsource MISC