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Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2269707)

🗓️ 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2269707). This is a critical security issue caused by a memory corruption error when processing malformed Excel data, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or compromise a vulnerable system. Updates are available from the vendor

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902095");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-08-11 15:08:29 +0200 (Wed, 11 Aug 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2562");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2269707)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2054");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42199");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-057");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl", "secpod_ms_office_detection_900025.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/Ver", "SMB/Office/Excel/Version");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or to
  compromise a vulnerable system.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Office Excel 2002 Service Pack 3

  - Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 3");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The issue is caused by a memory corruption error when processing malformed
  Excel data, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code
  by tricking a user into opening a malicious document.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
  Microsoft Bulletin MS10-057.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4, win2003:3) <= 0){
  exit(0);
}

excelVer = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/Excel/Version");
if(excelVer =~ "^(10|11)\..*")
{
  if(version_in_range(version:excelVer, test_version:"10.0", test_version2:"10.0.6863") ||
     version_in_range(version:excelVer, test_version:"11.0", test_version2:"11.0.8325")) {
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
  }
}

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