National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3003
Original release date:08/12/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
9.2
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-225A
Name: TA08-225A
External Source: MS
Name: MS08-043
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020669
External Source: BID
Name: 30641
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2347
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31454
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5951
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02360
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBST02360