CVE-2008-3003: Microsoft Office

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Gold and SP1 does not properly delete the PWD (password) string from connections.xml when a .xlsx file is configured not to save the remote data session password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and obtain access to a remote data source, aka the "Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2007 only

Published 2008-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.