Microsoft SharePoint Scorecards Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft SharePoint. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of controls in the Microsoft.PerformancePoint.Scorecards.Client module. Instantiating the ExcelDataSet control can trigger the deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the SharePoint web server process.