HIGH
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly validate index values for AxesSet records when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Indexing Validation Vulnerability."
Published Aug 12, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 32.17%
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly validate index values for AxesSet records when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Indexing 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.
32.17% 0.32172
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.32172
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 32.17% (0.32172) | 98.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 32.17% (0.32172) | 98.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 54.91% (0.54907) | 97.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 60.48% (0.60485) | 98.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 61.78% (0.61776) | 97.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 60.48% (0.60485) | 98.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.07% (0.96068) | 99.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 96.07% (0.96068) | 99.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 95.81% (0.95806) | 99.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 95.93% (0.95931) | 99.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 21, 2024 | 96.10% (0.96103) | 99.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 16, 2024 | 96.40% (0.96396) | 99.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 10, 2023 | 96.80% (0.96802) | 99.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 96.73% (0.96735) | 99.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 96.70% (0.96702) | 99.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 96.88% (0.96883) | 99.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.99% (0.96987) | 99.52th | 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 (9)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31454 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5885 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31454 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5885 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Aug 12, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3004
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a