Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP2 and SP3; Office Excel Viewer 2003; and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac do not properly validate index values for AxesSet records when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Indexing Validation Vulnerability."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3004 is rated High Risk (66.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 54.91%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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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 | 2025-11-19 | 60.48% | 54.91% | -5.58% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 61.78% | 60.48% | -1.29% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 61.78% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | office | 2000 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office | xp | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | office_excel_viewer | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_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:*:*:*:*:* |