CVE-2008-0081
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 57.9%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted macros, aka "Macro Validation Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3490.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-908
- EPSS score
- 57.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0094)
- Published
- January 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0094 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 17, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel viewer
- microsoft / office
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120585858807305&w=2(Mailing List)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28506(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019200(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/947563.mspx(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27305(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0146(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846/references(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39699(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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