HIGH
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."
Published Mar 11, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 48.23%
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."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
48.23% 0.48229
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.48229
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)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 48.23% (0.48229) | 98.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 48.23% (0.48229) | 98.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 74.38% (0.74375) | 98.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 77.63% (0.77634) | 98.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 73.80% (0.73796) | 98.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 84.86% (0.84863) | 98.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 6, 2024 | 81.29% (0.81289) | 98.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | 84.48% (0.84477) | 98.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2024 | 71.91% (0.71911) | 98.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 6, 2024 | 68.97% (0.68974) | 97.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 65.05% (0.65053) | 97.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 65.17% (0.65174) | 97.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 20, 2023 | 64.46% (0.64458) | 97.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 66.44% (0.66438) | 97.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2023 | 67.93% (0.67933) | 97.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 65.53% (0.65532) | 97.29th | 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 (2)
References (9)
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-03 x_refsource_MISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489430/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28168 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019586 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_VUPENVendor Advisory
- 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%3A5212 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-03 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489430/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28168 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019586 | 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_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| 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%3A5212 | 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-2008-0116
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a