CVE-2010-1248

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Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record, aka "Excel HFPicture Memory Corruption Vulnerability.".

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.6225

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules13 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft excelall versions

microsoft officeall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

dosMicrosoft Excel - WOPT Record Parsing Heap Memory Corruptionverified

dosMicrosoft Excel - HFPicture Record Parsing Remote Code Executionverified

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel

producthighPotential Excel.EXE DCOM Lateral Movement Via ActivateMicrosoftApp

producthighPotential Persistence Via Excel Add-in - Registry

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel - Registry

productmediumMicrosoft Excel Add-In Loaded From Uncommon Location

producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS

Show all 13 top matchesproducthighCode Executed Via Office Add-in XLL File
producthighPotential Persistence Via Microsoft Office Add-In
producthighPotential Persistence Via Microsoft Office Startup Folder
producthighFile With Uncommon Extension Created By An Office Application
producthighOffice Macro File Creation From Suspicious Process
producthighUncommon File Created In Office Startup Folder
producthighPotentially Suspicious Office Document Executed From Trusted Location

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD08 Jun 2010 · 08:30 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://osvdb.org/65235

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511765/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40526

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.htmlUS Government Resource

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7223

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