9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-4265
Microsoft Office Excel File Format Parsing Vulnerability
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."

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 10, 2008, 2 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4265 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft excel
3 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
4 Microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
5 Microsoft office_excel
6 Microsoft office_excel_viewer
7 Microsoft 20007_office_system

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-4265 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4265 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=763
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-074.mspx [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5614 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4265 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-4265 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

77.19 }} -10.99%

score

0.98423

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability