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CVE-2010-0821

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0821 is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability affecting various Microsoft Office Excel versions, Office for Mac, and related viewers/converters. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted Excel file containing a malicious SxView record. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring user interaction (medium complexity) but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB, Nuclei), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2427 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6771
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511729/100/0/threaded
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
US Government Resource
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-10-104