CVE-2008-3006
First published: Tue Aug 12 2008(Updated: )
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."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office Excel Viewer | =2003 | |
| Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack | =2007 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel Viewer | =2003 | |
| Microsoft Office | =xp-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2003-sp2 | |
| Microsoft SharePoint Server | =2007 | |
| Microsoft Office Excel Viewer | =2003-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack | =2007-sp1 | |
| Microsoft SharePoint Server | =2007-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2007-sp1 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2007 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2003-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2000-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2008 | |
| Microsoft Office | =2004 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31455
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043
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- canonical/microsoft sharepoint server
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- version/microsoft office compatibility pack/2007-sp1
- version/microsoft sharepoint server/2007-sp1
- version/microsoft office/2007-sp1
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- version/microsoft office/2000-sp3
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- version/microsoft office/2004