Microsoft Excel 2002 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Excel 2002 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-1245. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft Excel 2002 (Spreadsheet Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed SxView (0xB0) record, aka "Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0824 and CVE-2010-0821.

The weakness was disclosed 06/08/2010 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1245. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Abysssec and been published 5 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. 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)).

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 9847.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (58913), Exploit-DB (15148), Tenable (50066), SecurityFocus (BID 40523†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25997†). The entries VDB-51811, VDB-53516, VDB-53511 and VDB-53510 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Abysssec
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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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04/05/2010 🔍
06/08/2010 +64 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2010-1245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53497

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X-Force: 58913
SecurityFocus: 40523 - Microsoft Excel SxView Record Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25997 - [MS10-038] Microsoft Office Record Parsing Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 01:37
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 02/27/2017 09:41 (17), 09/15/2021 01:29 (3), 09/15/2021 01:37 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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