HIGH
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed object, which triggers memory corruption during the loading of records from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
Published Dec 10, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 24.65%
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet that contains a malformed object, which triggers memory corruption during the loading of records from this spreadsheet, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
AND
AND
OR
- 2000
- 2002
- 2003
Running on/with
OR
- 2007
- 2007
Running on/with
OR
- n/a
- sp1
- 2000
- 2003
- xp
Configuration 2
OR
- 2004
- 2008
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- 2003
- 2003
- n/a
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.
24.65% 0.24650
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.24650
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 (26 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 24.65% (0.24650) | 97.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 24.65% (0.24650) | 97.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 62.48% (0.62480) | 98.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 66.53% (0.66532) | 98.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 68.46% (0.68464) | 98.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 74.93% (0.74928) | 98.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 68.46% (0.68464) | 98.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 77.19% (0.77194) | 98.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 88.18% (0.88181) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2024 | 90.15% (0.90150) | 98.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 91.73% (0.91730) | 98.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 95.27% (0.95268) | 99.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 95.73% (0.95733) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 95.83% (0.95829) | 99.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 96.29% (0.96286) | 99.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 96.43% (0.96433) | 99.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 96.89% (0.96888) | 99.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 96.99% (0.96986) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 97.10% (0.97103) | 99.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 97.20% (0.97199) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2023 | 97.29% (0.97289) | 99.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.35% (0.97349) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 35.01% (0.35008) | 97.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 13, 2022 | 35.01% (0.35008) | 97.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 12, 2022 | 37.82% (0.37825) | 97.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 42.98% (0.42979) | 97.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=763 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=763 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Dec 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 25, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4265
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a