CVE-2013-3159

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A	US Government Resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18686
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-073

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2::::x86::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1::::x86::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::

Information

Published : 2013-09-11 07:03

Updated : 2018-10-12 15:04

NVD link : CVE-2013-3159

Mitre link : CVE-2013-3159

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

microsoft

excel

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