CVE-2008-0081: Microsoft Excel

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 57.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel: version 2000 only; version 2002 only; version 2003 only
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: version 2003 only
• Microsoft Office: version 2004 only

Published 2008-01-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.