CVE-2011-1989
highpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.278 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Excel 2010 Gold and SP1; Excel in Office 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1; and Excel Web App 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly parse conditional expressions associated with formatting requirements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Conditional Expression Parsing Vulnerability."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (15)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft office compatibility pack= 2007nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft open xml file format converterall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45932cnnvd
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS11-072cnnvd
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-072Patchcnnvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12974enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.htmlUS Government Resourcenvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-072nvd
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