01 Record

CVE-2008-0116

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 48.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-03-11 23:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-01-07

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1470f52ef65e6eed196fc41f65cf055b122c38c72055cfc20817cd5b6b5440d3

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftexcelNot specified—

microsoftexcel_viewerNot specified—

microsoftofficeNot specified—

microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007Not specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com28168http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28168vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
dvlabs.tippingpoint.comhttp://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-03x_refsource_MISC
www.us-cert.govTA08-071Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5212https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5212vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
docs.microsoft.comMS08-014https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
marc.infoSSRT080028http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
www.securitytracker.com1019586http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019586vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.vupen.comADV-2008-0846http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com20080311 TPTI-08-03: Microsoft Excel Rich Text Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489430/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ