Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2008-0081

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1265

CSH Severity: Critical

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-0081

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability alows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a boundary error when handling macros in Excel files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Excel file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Microsoft Excel
Excel Viewer
Microsoft Office for macOS

Install update from vendor's website:

Excel 2000 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f7f90c30-1bfd-406b-a77f-612443e30185
Excel 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=907f96d5-d1e9-4471-b41c-3ac811e63038
Excel 2003 Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=296e5f2c-f594-41c8-a20a-3e4c40ae3948
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=280bb2ac-b21a-46b5-8751-5a50fbebf107
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95DCEB37-B35F-46DB-B280-DB0F3B298AA9

• Exploit #540 - Microsoft Excel - Code Execution (MS08-014) (March 18, 2020)

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms08-014.aspx

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel