cve-2008-0116
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-03-11 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:32
Severity ?
Summary
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."
Impacted products
n/an/a
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