PT-2010-4670 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2010-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-3234

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 version 2002 SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper validation of formula information in Microsoft Excel, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document. This vulnerability enables an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, potentially leading to the installation of programs, viewing, changing, or deleting data, or creating 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-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3234

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3234 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-080 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3234 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7555 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-080 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3234 · Note