National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0980

Overview

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly parse Office Art objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a function pointer, aka "Excel Dangling Pointer Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA11-102A

Name: TA11-102A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-040/

Hyperlink:http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-040/

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0940

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025337

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337

External Source: MS

Name: MS11-021

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-021.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43210

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43210

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39122

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39122

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12018

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12018

External Source: MISC

Name: http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft

Hyperlink:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12018

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12018