CVE-2015-2378 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel Viewer 2007 SP3, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3. This allows local users to achieve privilege escalation by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and medium attack complexity, but with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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