CVE - CVE-2008-3006

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3006	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:30640 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640 BUGTRAQ:20080812 ZDI-08-048: Microsoft Excel COUNTRY Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded CERT:TA08-225A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html HP:HPSBST02360 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 HP:SSRT080117 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/ MS:MS08-043 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5561 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561 SECTRACK:1020672 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672 SECUNIA:31454 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31454 SECUNIA:31455 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31455 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2347 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20080707	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080707)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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