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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3231

Original release date:10/13/2010
Last revised:10/05/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Excel Record Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-285A
Name: TA10-285A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
External Source: MS
Name: MS10-080
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-080.mspx
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7475
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7475

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7475
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7475

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2008::mac
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3231