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CVE-2010-1252

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1252 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted Excel file, known as the "Excel String Variable Vulnerability." This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high-impact attack vector over the network with medium complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
21.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2122 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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%3A7369
securityfocus.com / bid/40530
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
US Government Resource