CVE-2011-0979

2011-02-1019:00:01

CWE-20

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

microsoft excel

office for mac

vulnerability

remote code execution

object record

cve-2011-0979

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.88

Percentile

98.7%

JSON

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Excel Viewer SP2 do not properly handle errors during the parsing of Office Art records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed object record, related to a “stray reference,” aka “Excel Linked List Corruption Vulnerability.”

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

microsoftexcelMatch--x64

microsoftexcelMatch2002sp3

microsoftexcelMatch2003sp3

microsoftexcelMatch2007sp2

microsoftexcelMatch2010

microsoftexcel_viewerMatch-sp2

microsoftofficeMatch2004mac

microsoftofficeMatch2008mac

microsoftofficeMatch2011mac

microsoftoffice_compatibility_packMatch2007sp2

microsoftopen_xml_file_format_convertermac

VendorProductVersionCPE
microsoftexcel-cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:-:-:x64:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftexcel2002cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftexcel2003cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftexcel2007cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftexcel2010cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftexcel_viewer-cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftoffice2004cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftoffice2008cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftoffice2011cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftoffice_compatibility_pack2007cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
microsoft	excel	-	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:-:-:x64:::::*
microsoft	excel	2002	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3::::::
microsoft	excel	2003	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
microsoft	excel	2007	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2::::::
microsoft	excel	2010	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:::::::*
microsoft	excel_viewer	-	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:sp2::::::
microsoft	office	2004	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
microsoft	office	2008	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008::mac:::::
microsoft	office	2011	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011::mac:::::
microsoft	office_compatibility_pack	2007	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:2007:sp2::::::