RCE in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2010-2562
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.176 (96.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2003, 2002
- Microsoft Office — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Open_xml_file_format_converter
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)