PT-2012-2345 · Microsoft · Office 2008 For Mac+1

Published 2012-05-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2012-0143

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 prior to the fixed version Office 2008 for Mac (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted Excel files, 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, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Office 2008 for Mac, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0143

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office 2008 For Mac

References · 10

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0143 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0143 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53374 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027041 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49112 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0143 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15064 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-030 · Note