CVE-2008-4265 is a critical "File Format Parsing Vulnerability" in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 and related Office products, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted Excel spreadsheets containing malformed objects that trigger memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it presents a high severity risk, requiring medium attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high EPSS/FAUCET risk scores, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.