PT-2013-4720 · Microsoft · Office Compatibility Pack+2

Ben Hawkes + 2 · Published 2013-10-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-3890

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 2007 SP3 Excel Viewer (affected versions not specified) Office Compatibility Pack version SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Excel parses content in Excel files. This could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The impact may be less severe for users with limited user rights compared to those operating with administrative rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Excel Viewer, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Office Compatibility Pack SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3890

Affected Products

Excel Viewer

Office Excel

Office Compatibility Pack

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3890 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3890 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18926 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3890 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-085 · Note