CVE-2008-0115

Microsoft Excel 2000-2007, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, Office for Mac 2004 - RCE via Malformed Formulas

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0115.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided entry is a placeholder pointing to an external download (RAR file) without any actual exploit code or technical details. It lacks depth and resembles a social engineering lure.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2007, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office for Mac 2004 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed formulas, aka "Excel Formula Parsing Vulnerability."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb SUSPICIOUS
localwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5287

The provided entry is a placeholder pointing to an external download (RAR file) without any actual exploit code or technical details. It lacks depth and resembles a social engineering lure.

Classification
Suspicious 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
N/a
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Microsoft Office Excel (MS08-014)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: N/A
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28167
Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5512
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019585

Scores

EPSS 0.7192
EPSS Percentile 98.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/excel 2000 sp3
microsoft/excel 2002 sp3
microsoft/excel 2003 sp2
microsoft/excel 2007
microsoft/excel_viewer 2003
microsoft/office 2004
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
Published Mar 11, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026