HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, and Office for Mac 2004 and 2008 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .SLK file that is not properly handled when importing the file, aka "Excel File Import Vulnerability."
Published Mar 11, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 32.23%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, and Office for Mac 2004 and 2008 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .SLK file that is not properly handled when importing the file, aka "Excel File Import Vulnerability."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
32.23% 0.32235
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.32235
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 32.23% (0.32235) | 98.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 32.23% (0.32235) | 98.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 71.92% (0.71916) | 98.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 83.75% (0.83753) | 99.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 71.28% (0.71281) | 98.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 81.38% (0.81385) | 98.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 79.75% (0.79752) | 98.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 87.50% (0.87500) | 98.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | 87.38% (0.87384) | 98.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2024 | 84.91% (0.84912) | 98.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 6, 2024 | 81.10% (0.81098) | 98.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 84.59% (0.84588) | 98.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 85.98% (0.85982) | 98.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 88.38% (0.88375) | 98.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2023 | 90.63% (0.90629) | 98.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 92.10% (0.92103) | 98.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28095 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019583 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5284 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28095 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019583 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5284 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Mar 11, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0112
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a