Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 Spreadsheet stack code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Spreadsheet. This manipulation of the argument stack causes code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-0262. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Spreadsheet. The manipulation of the argument stack with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that triggers access of an uninitialized stack variable, aka "Microsoft Office Excel FNGROUPNAME Record Uninitialized Memory Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2010 by iDefense Labs with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0262. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/02/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50065 (MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) (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 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 9573.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56470), Tenable (50065), SecurityFocus (BID 38553†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023698†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25038†). The entries VDB-4090, VDB-52148, VDB-52146 and VDB-52145 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 50065
Nessus Name: MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902133
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (980150)
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03/09/2010 +61 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52147

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X-Force: 56470
SecurityFocus: 38553 - Microsoft Excel FNGROUPNAME Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1023698
Vulnerability Center: 25038 - [MS10-017] Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted .xls File, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/02/2026 04:44
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (67), 02/22/2017 10:31 (10), 09/05/2021 09:27 (3), 09/05/2021 09:32 (1), 02/02/2025 06:49 (15), 05/02/2026 04:44 (1)
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