PT-2019-3544 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2019-10-08 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1327

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Excel software due to improper handling of objects in memory. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full rights. The vulnerability can be exploited when a user opens a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03721

CVE-2019-1327

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03721 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1327 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1327 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1327 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1327 · Vendor Advisory