PT-2011-2088 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Aniway + 1 · Published 2011-04-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2011-0101

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 in the way Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted Excel files, potentially allowing an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. This could enable the attacker to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The issue is related to a crafted RealTimeData record, specifically involving a stTopic field, double-byte characters, and an incorrect pointer calculation.

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

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0101

ZDI-11-120

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 15

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39122 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0101 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-120 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0101 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11676 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/47243 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0101 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025337 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-120 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/71766 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/517463/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/MS11-021 · Note