(MS12-030) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2663830)
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-0141,CVE-2012-0142,CVE-2012-0143,CVE-2012-0184,CVE-2012-0185,CVE-2012-1847
Advisory Date: MAY 09, 2012
DESCRIPTION
Several vulnerabilities in some versions of MS Excel are resolved in this particular bulletin. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must persuade a user to open a specially crafted MS Excel file. When exploited, the attacker could gain the same user rights as the currently logged on user.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
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