PT-2010-4674 · Microsoft · Office 2004 For Mac+1

Chaouki Bekrar · Published 2010-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-3238

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 versions 2002 SP3 through 2003 SP3 Office 2004 for Mac

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper validation of binary file-format information in Microsoft Excel, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document. 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 versions 2002 SP3 through 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office 2004 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of specially crafted Excel files until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3238

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office 2004 For Mac

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3238 · 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-2010-3238 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6872 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3238 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-080 · Note