CVE-2008-3006: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 35.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack 2007 Gold and SP1; Office SharePoint Server 2007 Gold and SP1; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly parse Country record values when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Record Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2000 only; version 2003 only; version 2007 only; version xp only; version 2004 only; version 2008 only
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: version 2007 only
• Microsoft Office Excel Viewer: version 2003 only
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: version 2007 only

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