CVE-2011-1988

Published: Sep 15, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

9.3CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

excelDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

excel viewerLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

officeDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

office compatibility packOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

open xml file format converterOn-premDesktop App

Operating Systems / windows

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072

docs.microsoft.com

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html

us-cert.gov

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836

oval.cisecurity.org

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