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CVE-2008-0081

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0081 is an unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003, and Office 2004 for Mac, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted macros. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and it garners significant community discussion, suggesting potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5287 · Mar 21, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5791 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

marc.info
Mailing List
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-014
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28506
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39699
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5546
Broken Link
microsoft.com / technet/security/advisory/947563.mspx
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/27305
Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-071A.html
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0146
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0846/references
Broken LinkVendor Advisory