CVE-2008-4266

Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel spreadsheet with a NAME record that contains an invalid index value, which triggers stack corruption, aka "Excel Global Array Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html	US Government Resource
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac:::::*

Information

Published : 2008-12-10 06:00

Updated : 2018-10-12 14:48

NVD link : CVE-2008-4266

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4266

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

microsoft

open_xml_file_format_converter
excel
excel_viewer
office

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