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HistoryOct 13, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Office Excel calculatedColumnFormula Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

2015-10-1300:00:00
3S Labs
www.zerodayinitiative.com
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9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.812 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.3%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office Excel. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within processing of calculatedColumnFormula objects. A specially crafted calculatedColumnFormula object can cause Excel to load information from memory that has already been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.812 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.3%