CVE-2015-2523 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel for Mac 2011 and 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2015-09-09

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 74.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:::::x86:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2011:::::mac::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:::::mac::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack::sp3::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.74021.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38214/

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Excel Excel Viewer Office Compatibility Pack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2015-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:17:27.317Z

Reserved: 2015-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2523

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-09T00:59:35.270

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2523

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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