Microsoft Excel up to 2010 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Excel -/2002/2003/2007/2010. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in numeric error. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-0097. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Microsoft Excel -/2002/2003/2007/2010 (Spreadsheet Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer underflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 400h substream in an Excel file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow, aka "Excel Integer Overrun Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 04/12/2011 by Alin Rad Pop with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0097. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/02/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53374 (MS11-021 / MS11-022 / MS11-023: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2489279 / 2489283 / 2489293) (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 110132 (Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS11-021)).

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 11043.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65588), Tenable (53374), SecurityFocus (BID 47201†), OSVDB (71758†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31045†). The entries VDB-4286, VDB-4289, VDB-54584 and VDB-56176 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 53374
Nessus Name: MS11-021 / MS11-022 / MS11-023: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2489279 / 2489283 / 2489293) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902410
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2489279)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/excel_substream_parsing_integer_overflow
Saint Name: Microsoft Excel Substream Parsing Integer Overflow

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Alin Rad Pop
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-0097 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0097
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57072

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X-Force: 65588
SecurityFocus: 47201 - Microsoft Excel Buffer Allocation Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 39122
OSVDB: 71758 - Microsoft Excel Substream Parsing Integer Underflow
Vulnerability Center: 31045 - [MS11-021] Microsoft Excel Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Excel File, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/02/2021 09:09
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (73), 03/21/2017 10:08 (12), 11/02/2021 09:07 (3), 11/02/2021 09:09 (1)
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