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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS15-099 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3089664) Microsoft Office Critical 09-09-2015

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
Remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Office software when the Office software fails to properly handle objects in memory.

Detailed Information on the risk:

Exploitation of these vulnerabilities requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. In an email attack scenario an attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) that contains a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerabilities. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message.

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS15-099

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

Affected Software

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