CVE-2008-0116

Exp

Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."

Published: 2008-03-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0116 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.38%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5287 exploit_db edb 2008-03-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0116

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 77.63% 74.38% -3.26%
2 2025-03-29 74.38% 77.63% +3.26%
3 2025-03-19 — 74.38% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0116

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0116

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft excel 2000 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft excel_viewer 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2004 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2008 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007 — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0116

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