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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2011-1278

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly validate record information during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel WriteAV Vulnerability."
Publish Date : 2011-06-16 Last Update Date : 2018-10-12
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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) Denial Of ServiceExecute CodeOverflowMemory corruption
CWE ID 119

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
Excel WriteAV Vulnerability oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12687 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-2011-1278

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Microsoft Office 2004 * MAC * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Microsoft Excel 1
Microsoft Office 1

- References For CVE-2011-1278

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48163
BID 48163 Microsoft Excel WriteAV Memory Corruption CVE-2011-1278 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Release Date:2011-06-16
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12687
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67716
XF excel-writeav-ce(67716)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045
MS MS11-045

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2011-1278

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