Microsoft Excel 2002 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2002. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-1249. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2002 (Spreadsheet Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function. 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:

Buffer overflow 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 ExternName (0x23) record, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0823 and CVE-2010-1247.

The weakness was released 06/08/2010 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1249. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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.

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 9823.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (58913), Tenable (50066), SecurityFocus (BID 40527†), OSVDB (65232†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26002†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-51811, VDB-53516, VDB-53511 and VDB-53510. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-1249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53501

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X-Force: 58913
SecurityFocus: 40527 - Microsoft Excel 'ExternName' Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 65232 - Microsoft Office Excel Malformed ExternName Record Handling Memory Corruption
Vulnerability Center: 26002 - [MS10-038] Microsoft Office File Parsing Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability via Crafted Excel, Medium

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 02:37
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (69), 02/27/2017 09:43 (10), 09/15/2021 02:29 (3), 09/15/2021 02:37 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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