CVE-2008-4266
Published Dec 10, 2008
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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."
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.3
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-399
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Evaluator
- Comment
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-074.mspx Excel Global Array Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2008-4266 A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Excel as a result of stack corruption when loading Excel records. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file that includes a malformed object. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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