MS11-021: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2489279)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53378

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Excel.

Description

The remote Windows host is running a version of Microsoft Excel or Excel Viewer that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Excel file, they could leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, Excel Viewer, and Office Compatability Pack.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2011/ms11-021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53378

File Name: smb_nt_ms11-021.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/13/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_viewer, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Metasploit (MS11-021 Microsoft Office 2007 Excel .xlb Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0097, CVE-2011-0098, CVE-2011-0101, CVE-2011-0103, CVE-2011-0104, CVE-2011-0105, CVE-2011-0978, CVE-2011-0979, CVE-2011-0980

BID: 46225, 46226, 46229, 47201, 47235, 47243, 47244, 47245, 47256

MSFT: MS11-021

MSKB: 2464583, 2466146, 2466156, 2466158, 2466169, 2502786