CVE-2008-3003 Information

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.\

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/31454 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30641 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020669 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2347 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-043 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A5951