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CVE-2008-3004 Details

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2	CVE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5885	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=740	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2	[email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5885	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30638	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020670	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft office	2000 sp3 2003 sp2 2003 sp3 xp sp3 2004
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft office excel viewer	2003
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel_viewer:2003:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 13, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]