CVE-2008-3003

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

12/08/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): None