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CVE-2008-4265

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2465 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5614
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3386