CVE-2008-3003

CVSS V2 Medium 6.6 CVSS V3 None

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."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-3003

Assigner
secure@microsoft.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-08-12T23:41:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-12T21:47:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007::gold:::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
9.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020669
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641
http://secunia.com/advisories/31454	Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5951
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3003
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3003

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:25:00				Added to TrackCVE