ID CVE-2012-0143
Summary Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability."
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 9.3 (as of 12-10-2018 - 22:02)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-399
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
msbulletin via4
bulletin_id MS12-030
bulletin_url
date 2012-05-08T00:00:00
impact Remote Code Execution
knowledgebase_id 2663830
knowledgebase_url
severity Important
title Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution
oval via4
accepted 2012-06-25T04:00:08.233-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
name Josh Turpin
organization Symantec Corporation
definition_extensions
comment Microsoft Excel 2003 is installed
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:764
description Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability."
family windows
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15064
status accepted
submitted 2012-05-08T13:00:00
title Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability
version 5
refmap via4
bid 53374
cert TA12-129A
sectrack 1027041
secunia 49112
Last major update 12-10-2018 - 22:02
Published 09-05-2012 - 00:55
Last modified 12-10-2018 - 22:02
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