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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS13-073 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2858300) Microsoft Office Important 11-09-2013

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel or other affected Microsoft Office software.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel parses content in Excel files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS13-073

Affected Software

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2013 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2013 RT
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Microsoft Excel Viewer
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3