PT-2019-2571 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2019-06-27 · Updated 2019-06-27

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the Power Query editor in Microsoft Excel, where there is insufficient neutralization of special elements passed in a URI. This could allow a remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious URI and execute malicious code using a specially crafted document.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02439

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 4

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02439 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securityadvisories/2017/4053440 · Note
• http://safe.cnews.ru/news/top/2019-06-28_v_excel_obnaruzhena_gigantskaya_uyazvimostmicrosoft · Note
• https://mimecast.com/blog/2019/06/exploit-using-microsoft-excel-power-query-for-remote-dde-execution-discovered · Note