CVE-2012-5672

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Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cau

Microsoft Excel Viewer (aka Xlview.exe) and Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 (aka Office 12) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a crafted spreadsheet file, as demonstrated by a .xls file with battery voltage data.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.16034

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

Sigma rules13 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft excelall versions
microsoft excel viewerall versions
microsoft officeall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

dosMicrosoft Excel - Denial of Serviceverified

pocwww.securityfocus.com · 524379www.securityfocus.com

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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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4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD25 Oct 2012 · 10:51 AM

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