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FKIE_CVE-2008-0081

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-01-16 23:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:48
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted macros, aka "Macro Validation Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3490.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2Mailing List
secure@microsoft.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28506Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1019200Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/referencesBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28506Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1019200Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/referencesBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft excel 2000
microsoft excel 2002
microsoft excel 2003
microsoft excel_viewer 2003
microsoft office 2004
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