Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-3003 First vendor Publication 2008-08-12
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-12

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 6.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 9.2 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3003

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5951
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5951
Title: Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability
Description: 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."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3003
Version: 7
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s): Microsoft Excel 2007
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-08-19 Name : Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (954066)
File : nvt/secpod_ms08-043_900028.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47410 Microsoft Office Excel connections.xml Password String Persistence

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-11-16 Microsoft Office Excel malformed chart arbitrary code execution attempt
RuleID : 31441 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-02-21 Microsoft Office Excel country record arbitrary code execution attempt
RuleID : 29404 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel format record code execution attempt
RuleID : 26329 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel format record code execution attempt
RuleID : 19552 - Revision : 15 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel malformed chart arbitrary code execution attempt
RuleID : 13981 - Revision : 22 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2015-05-28 Microsoft Excel format record code execution attempt
RuleID : 13973 - Revision : 12 - Type : WEB-CLIENT
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel country record arbitrary code execution attempt
RuleID : 13972 - Revision : 23 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2010-10-20 Name : An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple ...
File : macosx_ms_office_aug2008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-13 Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Excel.
File : smb_nt_ms08-043.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
HP http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020669
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/31454
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347

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