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HistoryMay 21, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel vulnerability

2024-05-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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ubuntu
spreadsheet::parseexcel
vulnerability
packages
arbitrary code execution
input validation

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.06

Percentile

93.6%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl - Perl module to access information from Excel Spreadsheets

Details

Le Dinh Hai discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseExcel was passing unvalidated
input from a file into a string-type “eval”. An attacker could craft a
malicious file to achieve arbitrary code execution.

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.06

Percentile

93.6%