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MS10-057: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2269707)
high Nessus Plugin ID 48294
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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 or 2003 that is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.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 and Office Excel 2003.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2010/ms10-057
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 48294
File Name: smb_nt_ms10-057.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 8/11/2010
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
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2010
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-2562
BID: 42199