9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2011-1990
Microsoft Excel Array Indexing Vulnerability
Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Excel Viewer SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; and Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 do not properly validate the sign of an unspecified array index, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Out of Bounds Array Indexing Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 15, 2011, 12:26 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:27 a.m.

Source :

secure@microsoft.com

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1990 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_viewer
3 Microsoft sharepoint_server
4 Microsoft excel
5 Microsoft office_compatibility_pack

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-1990 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-1990 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://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11982
  • CVE Modified by secure@microsoft.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by secure@microsoft.com

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-072 [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by secure@microsoft.com

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11982 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11982 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Sep. 15, 2011

    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.
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Exploit Prediction

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

58.63 }} -7.89%

score

0.98030

percentile

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