CVE-2008-3003

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 - Information Disclosure via Improper Password String Deletion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Gold and SP1 does not properly delete the PWD (password) string from connections.xml when a .xlsx file is configured not to save the remote data session password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and obtain access to a remote data source, aka the "Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability."

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020669
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5951
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347

Scores

EPSS 0.0167
EPSS Percentile 74.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/office 2007 (3 CPE variants)
Published Aug 12, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026