PT-2012-2344 · Microsoft · Office 2008 For Mac+4

Omair · Published 2012-05-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2012-0142

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 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1 Office 2008 for Mac Excel Viewer Office Compatibility Pack versions SP2 and SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted Excel files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet. This could enable an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, potentially installing programs, viewing, changing, or deleting data, or creating new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Excel 2007 SP2 and SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Excel 2010 Gold and SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office 2008 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Excel Viewer, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0142

Affected Products

Excel Viewer

Office Excel

Office

Office 2008 For Mac

Office Compatibility Pack

References · 10

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0142 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0142 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027041 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49112 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15543 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53373 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0142 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-030 · Note