CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1272
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-06-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly validate record structures during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Insufficient Record Validation Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft excel 2002
• microsoft excel 2003
• microsoft excel 2007
• microsoft excel viewer
• microsoft office 2004
• microsoft office 2008
• microsoft office compatibility pack 2007
• microsoft open xml file format converter
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48157 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12139 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48157 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12139 oval.cisecurity.org