CVE-2015-2520
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.3
Description
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel for Mac 2011 and 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | excel | 2007 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2010 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2011 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2013 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2016 | |
| microsoft | excel_viewer | | |
| microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | | |
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38215/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38215/
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.