Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack 2007 Gold and SP1; Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly parse Country record values when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Record Parsing Vulnerability."
Published Aug 12, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 35.65%
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack 2007 Gold and SP1; Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly parse Country record values when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Record Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2000
- 2003
- 2003
- 2007
- 2007
- xp
- 2007
- 2007
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2007
- 2007
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
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 (27 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 35.65% (0.35649) | 98.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 35.65% (0.35649) | 98.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 66.67% (0.66668) | 98.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 63.51% (0.63505) | 98.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 66.67% (0.66668) | 98.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 14, 2025 | 61.81% (0.61806) | 98.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 63.51% (0.63505) | 98.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 68.33% (0.68326) | 98.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 62.86% (0.62862) | 97.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 68.33% (0.68326) | 98.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 22, 2025 | 94.56% (0.94564) | 99.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 92.01% (0.92012) | 99.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 93.94% (0.93942) | 99.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 65.92% (0.65919) | 97.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 70.55% (0.70550) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 75.65% (0.75654) | 98.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 78.91% (0.78907) | 98.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 21, 2024 | 74.11% (0.74113) | 98.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 16, 2024 | 68.40% (0.68400) | 97.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 10, 2023 | 67.52% (0.67523) | 97.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 62.52% (0.62525) | 97.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 2, 2023 | 60.46% (0.60464) | 97.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 57.49% (0.57490) | 97.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 56.19% (0.56192) | 97.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 52.28% (0.52283) | 96.97th | 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) |
References (11)
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/31455 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672 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
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/ x_refsource_MISC
- 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%3A5561 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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