Unscored severity · published Sep 15, 2011
CVE-2011-1988
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility…
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CVSS
18.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly parse records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Heap Corruption Vulnerability."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)18.6% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OF
Office · Microsoft
2004; 2007; 2008 · source: NVD
EX
Excel · Microsoft
2003; 2007 · source: NVD
EV
Excel Viewer · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
OC
Office Compatibility Pack · Microsoft
2007 · source: NVD
OX
Open Xml File Format Converter · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1988
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1988
US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html
docs.microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072
oval.cisecurity.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836
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