Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-3471 First vendor Publication 2008-10-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-02-09

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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3471

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5750
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5750
Title: File Format Parsing Vulnerability
Description: Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3471
 Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 Product(s): Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft Excel 2007
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2007
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4
Application 3
Application 2
Application 2
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-10-15 Name : Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (956416)
File : nvt/secpod_ms08-057_900048.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49076 Microsoft Excel BIFF File Malformed Object Handling Arbitrary Code Execution

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2019-10-01 Microsoft Office Excel invalid FRTWrapper record integer underflow attempt
RuleID : 51314 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2019-10-01 Microsoft Office Excel invalid FRTWrapper record integer underflow attempt
RuleID : 51313 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-08-24 Microsoft Office Excel invalid FRTWrapper record buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 43699 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2017-08-24 Microsoft Office Excel invalid FRTWrapper record buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 43698 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2016-03-25 Microsoft Office Excel file with embedded ActiveX control
RuleID : 37846 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel invalid FRTWrapper record buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 26175 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel FRTWrapper record buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 26174 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel FRTWrapper record buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 16800 - Revision : 17 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel REPT integer underflow attempt
RuleID : 14655 - Revision : 14 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel file with embedded ActiveX control
RuleID : 14642 - Revision : 17 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Excel invalid FRTWrapper record buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 14641 - Revision : 21 - 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_ms08-057.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-15 Name : Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Excel.
File : smb_nt_ms08-057.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31705
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
HP http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
MISC http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-068/
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?1021044
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32211
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2808
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45581

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