National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1885
Original release date:11/14/2012
Last revised:03/06/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 SP1; Office 2008 and 2011 for Mac; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel SerAuxErrBar Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
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: TA12-318A
Name: TA12-318A
External Source: MS
Name: MS12-076
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: ms-excel-serauxerrbar-bo(78072)
External Source: BID
Name: 56425
