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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS10-017 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) 2007 Microsoft Critical 10-02-2010

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft Office handles specially crafted Office files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS10-003

Affected Software

2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1
2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Word Viewer
Microsoft Works 8.5
Microsoft Works 9.0
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 and PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 2