CVE-2011-1279 is a critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, Office for Mac (2004, 2008), and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. It stems from improper validation of record information during Excel spreadsheet parsing, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through memory corruption via a crafted spreadsheet. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its high severity and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.