CVE-2011-1989 (GCVE-0-2011-1989)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-09-15 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Excel 2010 Gold and SP1; Excel in Office 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1; and Excel Web App 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly parse conditional expressions associated with formatting requirements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Conditional Expression Parsing Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
Date Public
2011-09-13 00:00
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