Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-0257 - Code Injection vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 does not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 15 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Manipulating User-Controlled Variables This attack targets user controlled variables (DEBUG=1, PHP Globals, and So Forth). An attacker can override environment variables leveraging user-supplied, untrusted query variables directly used on the application server without any data sanitization. In extreme cases, the attacker can change variables controlling the business logic of the application. For instance, in languages like PHP, a number of poorly set default configurations may allow the user to override variables.
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS10-017 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 980150 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS10-017.NASL |
| description | The remote host contains a version of Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer, or Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that is affected by several vulnerabilities. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected system into opening a specially crafted Excel file using the affected application, he may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code subject to the user |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 45021 |
| published | 2010-03-09 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/45021 |
| title | MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2012-05-28T04:02:43.959-04:00 | ||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||
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| description | Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 does not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8617 | ||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||
| submitted | 2010-03-09T13:00:00 | ||||||||
| title | Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||||||||
| version | 6 |
Seebug
| bulletinFamily | exploit |
| description | BUGTRAQ ID: 38547 CVE ID: CVE-2010-0257 Excel是微软Office套件中的电子表格工具。 Excel处理特制Excel文件中畸形EntExU2记录的方式存在内存破坏漏洞。攻击者可以通过诱骗用户打开特制的XLS文件来利用这个漏洞，成功利用此漏洞可以导致完全控制受影响的系统。 Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 临时解决方法： * 不要打开从不可信任来源接收到货从可信任来源意外接收到的Excel文件。 厂商补丁： Microsoft --------- Microsoft已经为此发布了一个安全公告（MS10-017）以及相应补丁: MS10-017：Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) 链接：http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx?pf=true 补丁下载： http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E0136F62-60CE-4EBD-8660-BE81EBA29AE8 |
| id | SSV:19253 |
| last seen | 2017-11-19 |
| modified | 2010-03-10 |
| published | 2010-03-10 |
| reporter | Root |
| title | Microsoft Excel EntExU2记录内存破坏漏洞（MS10-017） |