01 Record
CVE-2008-3005
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a crafted array
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a crafted array
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
- 31.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% 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
- 2008-08-12 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-07-07
- 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3e9a46bda56f3816b392b5d4856eeffaec7a7e386bead927484acf26a54eb647
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.us-cert.govTA08-225Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
- labs.idefense.com20080812 Microsoft Excel FORMAT Record Invalid Array Index Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=741
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5837https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5837
- marc.infoHPSBST02360http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- docs.microsoft.comMS08-043https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043
- www.securitytracker.com1020671http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020671
- www.securityfocus.com30639http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30639
- secunia.com31454http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2347http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347