PT-2010-2958 · Microsoft · Office 2004 For Mac+4

Published 2010-06-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-1253

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, 2007 SP1, and SP2 Office 2004 for Mac Office 2008 for Mac Open XML File Format Converter for Mac Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats versions SP1 and SP2

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with crafted DBQueryExt 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 newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office 2004 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office 2008 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1253

ZDI-10-103

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office 2004 For Mac

Office 2008 For Mac

Office Compatibility Pack For Word

Open Xml File Format Converter For Mac

References · 11

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-103 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1253 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1253 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/511728/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-103 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6842 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/65228 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-038 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1253 · Note