CVE-2012-0143

high

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2008 for Mac do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Using Various Modified Bytes Vulnerability."

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/49112

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53374

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-030

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15064

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2012-05-09

Updated: 2018-10-12

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: HIGH