{"id":"CVE-2008-3006","aliases":["EUVD-2008-2996","GHSA-hr97-4x5j-vc8q"],"status":"published","title":"Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel...","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.\"","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.35649,"percentile":0.98469,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-399"],"published":"2008-08-12T23:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:54Z","products":[{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"office"},{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"office_compatibility_pack"},{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"office_excel_viewer"},{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"sharepoint_server"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT","x_transferred","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30640","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=121915960406986\u0026w=2","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495428/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020672","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MS","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31455","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31454","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5561","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3006"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hr97-4x5j-vc8q"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2008-3006","description":"Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; 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