fkie_cve-2012-5672
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2012-10-25 10:51
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524379Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524379Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft excel 2007
microsoft excel_viewer *
microsoft office 2007


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      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Microsoft Excel Viewer (alias Xlview.exe) y Excel en Microsoft Office 2007 (alias Office 12), permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (violaci\u00f3n de acceso de lectura y bloqueo de la aplicaci\u00f3n) a trav\u00e9s de un archivo de hoja de c\u00e1lculo modificada, como lo demuestra un archivo. xls con los datos de voltaje de la bater\u00eda."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2012-5672",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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  "published": "2012-10-25T10:51:29.203",
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    },
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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