CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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10.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008 (Office Suite Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Ghost Record Type Parsing Vulnerability."
The weakness was published 10/13/2010 with VUPEN (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3242. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50068 (MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. 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 10546.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62117) and Tenable (50068). Similar entries are available at 4196, 55001, 54994 and 54993.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 50068
Nessus Name: MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902264
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293211)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
09/03/2010 🔍10/12/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2010-3242 (🔍)
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X-Force: 62117
Vulnerability Center: 27666 - [MS10-080] Microsoft Excel Office for Mac Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43657 - Microsoft Excel Ghost Record Type Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 09/26/2021 17:57
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (61), 03/07/2017 14:05 (11), 09/26/2021 17:50 (3), 09/26/2021 17:57 (1)
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