CVE-2011-3403 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel spreadsheet, aka "Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2011-12-14

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 20.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20506.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-096
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14702

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2011-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:29:56.887Z

Reserved: 2011-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3403

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-12-14T00:55:01.527

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:33:14.277

Link: CVE-2011-3403

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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