CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-0081

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2008-01-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2008-01-16
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-908

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted macros, aka "Macro Validation Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3490.

Affected configurations

• microsoft excel 2000 • microsoft excel 2002 • microsoft excel 2003 • microsoft excel viewer 2003 • microsoft office 2004

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable weakness
CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/28506 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019200 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546 Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/28506 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019200 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546 Broken Link