CVE-2007-1214 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Excel and Excel Viewer. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious Excel BIFF8 format XLS file containing a specially designed AutoFilter filter record. If a user opens this file, it could lead to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, as it requires user interaction (AC:M) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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