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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-0141

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2011 for Mac; Excel Viewer; and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 do not properly handle memory during the opening of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Publish Date : 2012-05-08 Last Update Date : 2013-01-29
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

Cvss Score
9.3
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Execute CodeOverflowMemory corruption
CWE ID 119

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
Excel File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15152 windows
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2012-0141

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Microsoft Excel 2007 SP2 Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3 Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Microsoft Excel 2010 Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Microsoft Excel 2010 SP1 Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Microsoft Excel Viewer Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Microsoft Office 2011 MAC Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP2 Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3 Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Microsoft Excel 5
Microsoft Excel Viewer 1
Microsoft Office 1
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2

- References For CVE-2012-0141

http://secunia.com/advisories/49112
SECUNIA 49112
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027041
SECTRACK 1027041
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53342
BID 53342 Microsoft Excel Memory Corruption CVE-2012-0141 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Release Date:2013-04-19
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html
CERT TA12-129A
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-030
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-030 MS12-030 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2663830) - Version: 1.1 Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.1 (May 9, 2012): Removed erroneous reference to known issues from the Executive Summary and updated the title of CVE-2012-1847. Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and five privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.Release Date:2012-05-09

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2012-0141

There are not any metasploit modules related to this vulnerability (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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