CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-0258
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-03-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-843
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that causes memory to be interpreted as a different object type than intended, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Sheet Object Type Confusion Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 2002
• microsoft excel 2003
• microsoft excel 2007
• microsoft office 2004
• microsoft office 2008
• microsoft office compatibility pack 2007
• microsoft office excel viewer
• microsoft office sharepoint server 2007
• microsoft open xml file format converter
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type weakness
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=859 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8545 Broken Link
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=859 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8545 Broken Link