9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2010-0261
Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXSET record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

March 10, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-0261 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
2 Microsoft excel
3 Microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
4 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack
5 Microsoft office_sharepoint_server
6 Microsoft office_excel_viewer

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-0261 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-0261 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=861
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8479
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-017.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8479 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8479 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

80.14 }} 2.77%

score

0.98546

percentile

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