CVE-2010-1253
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2007 SP1, and SP2; Office 2004 for mac; Office 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with crafted DBQueryExt records that allow a function call to a "user-controlled pointer," aka "Excel ADO Object Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 25.7% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1282)
- Published
- June 8, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1282 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / excel
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office
- microsoft / office compatibility pack
- microsoft / office compatibility pack
- microsoft / open xml file format converter
References
- http://osvdb.org/65228
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511728/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-103
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-038
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6842
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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