PT-2010-2956 · Microsoft · Office Excel+1

Published 2010-06-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-1251

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 versions 2002 SP3 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could take complete control of an affected system, then 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 Microsoft Office 2004 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-2010-1251

Affected Products

Office

Office Excel

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1251 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1251 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/40529 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1251 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-038 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6761 · Note