PT-2021-4429 · Microsoft · Office Excel+1

Edwardzpeng + 3 · Published 2021-10-12 · Updated 2023-08-01 · CVE-2021-40485

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to errors in code generation management. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-05059

CVE-2021-40485

Affected Products

Office Excel

Sharepoint Server

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05059 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40485 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40485 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/670477 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40485 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40485 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40485 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021101217 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/30480 · Telegram Post