Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
CVE-2012-0142
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2008 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption in OBJECTLINK Record Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.216 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.216 · newest: 0.216 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Excel — versions 2003, 2007, 2010
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office — versions 2008
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53373 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/49112 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15543 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)