Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 Spreadsheet code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Spreadsheet. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0257. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Spreadsheet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 does not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 03/10/2010 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0257 since 01/07/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/05/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45021 (MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)), 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 110104 (Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-017)).

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 9554.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56463), Tenable (45021), SecurityFocus (BID 38547†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023698†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25025†). See VDB-4090, VDB-52148, VDB-52147 and VDB-52146 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 45021
Nessus Name: MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)
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OpenVAS ID: 902133
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (980150)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52143

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X-Force: 56463
SecurityFocus: 38547 - Microsoft Excel EntExU2 Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1023698 - Microsoft Office Excel Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 25025 - [MS10-017] Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/05/2021 09:12
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (68), 02/22/2017 00:28 (15), 09/05/2021 09:12 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:33A:103

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