CVE-2011-1989

Critical

Description

Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Excel 2010 Gold and SP1; Excel in Office 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1; and Excel Web App 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly parse conditional expressions associated with formatting requirements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Conditional Expression Parsing Vulnerability."

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Excel
PublishedSep 15, 2011
First seenSep 15, 2011

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft excel2003, 2007, 2010—
microsoft excel_viewerNo range specified—
microsoft excel_web_app2010—
microsoft office2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011—
microsoft office_compatibility_pack2007—
microsoft open_xml_file_format_converterNo range specified—
microsoft sharepoint_server2007, 2010—

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