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CVE-2011-0104

70
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0104 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through memory corruption when a user opens a specially crafted Excel file containing a malicious HLink record. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-35573) exists, indicating potential for exploitation, despite minimal 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
2008CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*: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
53.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-35573 · Apr 12, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5343 is in the 98th 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

osvdb.org / 71761
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
secunia.com / advisories/39122
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11767
checkpoint.com / defense/advisories/public/2011/cpai-31-Mard.html
securityfocus.com / bid/47245
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0940
Vendor Advisory