Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2007 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2007 (Office Suite Software). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Real Time Data Array Record Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 01/30/2007. The weakness was presented 10/13/2010 with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3240. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1352 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49957 (MS10-080: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293211)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110136 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS10-080)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10545.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62118) and Tenable (49957). See 55001, 54995, 54994 and 54992 for similar entries.

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Class: Input validation
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Nessus ID: 49957
Nessus Name: MS10-080: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293211)
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OpenVAS ID: 902264
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293211)
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09/03/2010 +1311 days 🔍
10/12/2010 +39 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1618 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3240 (🔍)
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X-Force: 62118
Vulnerability Center: 27664 - [MS10-080] Microsoft Multiple Office Products Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43655 - Microsoft Excel Record Validation (CVE-2010-3240) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 17:27
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/07/2017 14:04 (11), 09/26/2021 17:20 (3), 09/26/2021 17:27 (1)
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