How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

389,860

Total vulnerabilities in the database

Vulnerabilities for products matching "excel"

Found 2 matching products. Filters apply to all results.

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microsoft / excel

509 vulnerabilities found

Title	Severity	Date	Affected versions
CVE-2008-3471	High	October 15, 2008 10/15/08	`= 2003-sp2` `= 2003-sp3` `= 2007` `= 2007-sp1`
CVE-2008-4019	High	October 15, 2008 10/15/08	`= 2003-sp2` `= 2003-sp3` `= 2007` `= 2007-sp1`
CVE-2008-3068	High	July 7, 2008 7/7/08	`= 2003` `= 2007`
CVE-2008-0111	High	March 11, 2008 3/11/08	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2`
CVE-2008-0112	High	March 11, 2008 3/11/08	`= 2000-sp3`
CVE-2008-0114	High	March 11, 2008 3/11/08	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3`
CVE-2008-0115	High	March 11, 2008 3/11/08	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2007`
CVE-2008-0116	High	March 11, 2008 3/11/08	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2`
CVE-2008-0117	High	March 11, 2008 3/11/08	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2007`
CVE-2008-0081	Critical	January 16, 2008 1/16/08	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2`
CVE-2007-3890	High	August 14, 2007 8/14/07	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2004` `= xp_sp3`
CVE-2007-1756	High	July 10, 2007 7/10/07	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2007`
CVE-2007-3029	High	July 10, 2007 7/10/07	`= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2`
CVE-2007-3030	High	July 10, 2007 7/10/07	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2004` `= 2007`
CVE-2007-3490	High	June 29, 2007 6/29/07	`= 2003-sp2`
CVE-2007-0215	High	May 8, 2007 5/8/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003` `= 2007`
CVE-2007-1203	High	May 8, 2007 5/8/07	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2004` `= 2007`
CVE-2007-1214	Medium	May 8, 2007 5/8/07	`= 2000-sp3` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003-sp2` `= 2004`
CVE-2007-1239	Medium	March 3, 2007 3/3/07	`= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2003-sp2`
CVE-2007-0671	High	February 3, 2007 2/3/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2007-0028	High	January 9, 2007 1/9/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2007-0029	High	January 9, 2007 1/9/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2007-0030	High	January 9, 2007 1/9/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2007-0031	High	January 9, 2007 1/9/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2007-0027	High	January 9, 2007 1/9/07	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2006-3867	Medium	October 10, 2006 10/10/06	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-3875	Medium	October 10, 2006 10/10/06	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-3877	High	October 10, 2006 10/10/06	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2006-1301	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-1308	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-1309	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-1302	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-1304	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= x`
CVE-2006-1306	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-2388	High	July 13, 2006 7/13/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-3431	High	July 7, 2006 7/7/06	`All versions`
CVE-2006-3014	Medium	June 22, 2006 6/22/06	`All versions`
CVE-2006-3059	High	June 17, 2006 6/17/06	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1` `= 2004`
CVE-2006-0028	Medium	March 14, 2006 3/14/06	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-0029	Medium	March 14, 2006 3/14/06	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2006-0030	Medium	March 14, 2006 3/14/06	`= 2000` `= 2002` `= 2003` `= 2004` `= x`
CVE-2005-4131	Medium	December 9, 2005 12/9/05	`= 95` `= 97` `= 97-sr1` `= 97-sr2` `= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sp3` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2` `= 2002-sp3` `= 2003` `= 2003-sp1`
CVE-2004-0846	High	November 3, 2004 11/3/04	`= 2000` `= 2001` `= 2002` `= x`
CVE-2004-0200	High	September 28, 2004 9/28/04	`= 2002` `= 2003`
CVE-2002-1143	Medium	April 11, 2003 4/11/03	`= 2002` `= 2002-sp1` `= 2002-sp2`
CVE-2002-0616	Medium	August 12, 2002 8/12/02	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1`
CVE-2002-0617	Medium	August 12, 2002 8/12/02	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1`
CVE-2002-0618	High	August 12, 2002 8/12/02	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1`
CVE-2002-0615	High	July 3, 2002 7/3/02	`= 2000` `= 2000-sp2` `= 2000-sr1` `= 2002` `= 2002-sp1`
CVE-2002-0152	High	April 22, 2002 4/22/02	`= 2001` `= x`

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.