Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2003/2004/2007/2008 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2003/2004/2007/2008. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-3232. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2003/2004/2007/2008 (Office Suite Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Excel File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 11/17/2003. The weakness was published 10/13/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3232. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2522 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50068 (MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (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 110136 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS10-080)).

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 10561.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62118), Tenable (50068), SecurityFocus (BID 43646†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27653†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4196, VDB-55001, VDB-54995 and VDB-54994. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 50068
Nessus Name: MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902264
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293211)
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11/17/2003 🔍
09/03/2010 +2481 days 🔍
10/12/2010 +39 days 🔍
10/13/2010 +1 days 🔍
10/13/2010 +0 days 🔍
10/13/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1618 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54985

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X-Force: 62118
SecurityFocus: 43646
Vulnerability Center: 27653 - [MS10-080] Microsoft Multiple Office Products Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 15:40
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (64), 03/07/2017 09:52 (8), 09/26/2021 15:34 (3), 09/26/2021 15:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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