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MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)
high Nessus Plugin ID 45021
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Synopsis
Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Office Excel.Description
The remote host contains a version of Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer, or Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that is affected by several vulnerabilities.If an attacker can trick a user on the affected system into opening a specially crafted Excel file using the affected application, he may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Office Excel Viewer and Office Compatibility Pack.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2010/ms10-017
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 45021
File Name: smb_nt_ms10-017.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 3/9/2010
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_viewer, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack, cpe:/a:microsoft:sharepoint_server
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2010
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0257, CVE-2010-0258, CVE-2010-0260, CVE-2010-0261, CVE-2010-0262, CVE-2010-0263, CVE-2010-0264