CVE-2008-0116

Microsoft Excel - Code Injection

Title source: rule

Description

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb SUSPICIOUS

localwindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5287

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (9)

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28168

[Patch, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references

[Vendor Advisory] http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-03

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489430/100/0/threaded

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5212

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019586

Scores

EPSS 0.7438

EPSS Percentile 98.9%

Details

CWE

CWE-20 CWE-94

Status published

Products (7)

microsoft/excel 2000 sp3

microsoft/excel 2002 sp3

microsoft/excel 2003 sp2

microsoft/excel_viewer 2003

microsoft/office 2004

microsoft/office 2008

microsoft/office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007

Published Mar 11, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026