CVE-2010-3242

N/A Unknown
Published: October 13, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Ghost Record Type Parsing Vulnerability."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-080
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6902
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6902
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
21.4%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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