Microsoft Excel 2002/2003/2007 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Excel 2002/2003/2007. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-0823. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2002/2003/2007 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 for mac; Office 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1247 and CVE-2010-1249.

The weakness was published 06/08/2010 by Bing Liu with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0823. 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 at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50066 (MS10-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2027452) (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 110124 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS10-038)).

A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9834.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (58913), Tenable (50066), SecurityFocus (BID 40521†), OSVDB (65233†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25993†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51811, VDB-53516, VDB-53511 and VDB-53510. 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: 50066
Nessus Name: MS10-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2027452) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902068
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2027452)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Bing Liu
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0823 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0823
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53495

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X-Force: 58913
SecurityFocus: 40521 - Microsoft Excel Malformed Chart Sheet Substream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 65233 - Microsoft Office Excel Unspecified Memory Corruption (2010-0823)
Vulnerability Center: 25993 - [MS10-038] Microsoft Office Excel Sheet Substream Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 01:06
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (69), 02/27/2017 09:41 (10), 09/15/2021 00:52 (3), 09/15/2021 01:06 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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