(MS13-073) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2858300)
Publish date: October 08, 2013
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-1315,CVE-2013-3158,CVE-2013-3159
Advisory Date: OCT 08, 2013
DESCRIPTION
This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel or other affected Microsoft Office software. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2013 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2013 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Excel 2013 RT
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
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