CVE-2013-3159
Microsoft Excel 2003/2007/2010 XML External Entity Injection
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-073
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18686
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A
Scores
EPSS
0.1738
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/excel
2003 sp3
microsoft/excel
2007 sp3
microsoft/excel
2010 sp1 (4 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 11, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026