PT-2010-4666 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2010-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-3230

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 Excel 2002 SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted Excel files, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. 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 Excel 2002 SP3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3230

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3230 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-080 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3230 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7042 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-080 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3230 · Note