PT-2010-2955 · Microsoft · Open Xml File Format Converter For Mac+3

Published 2010-06-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-1250

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 Office 2004 for Mac Office 2008 for Mac Open XML File Format Converter for Mac

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way that Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with malformed records. This could enable an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Office 2004 for Mac, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Office 2008 for Mac, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of specially crafted Excel files until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1250

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office 2004 For Mac

Office 2008 For Mac

Open Xml File Format Converter For Mac

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1250 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1250 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1250 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/40528 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7593 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-038 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/511756/100/0/threaded · Note