CVE-2011-1272
Microsoft Excel 2002/2003/2007, Office 2004/2008 for Mac - RCE via Crafted Spreadsheet
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly validate record structures during parsing of Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Insufficient Record Validation Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48157
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12139
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-045
Scores
EPSS
0.1759
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (8)
microsoft/excel
2002 sp3
microsoft/excel
2003 sp3
microsoft/excel
2007 sp2
microsoft/excel_viewer
microsoft/office
2004
microsoft/office
2008
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack
2007 sp2
microsoft/open_xml_file_format_converter
Published
Jun 16, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026