CVE-2012-5672
Microsoft Excel - Denial of Service
Severity Score
5.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
2
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Microsoft Excel Viewer (alias Xlview.exe) y Excel en Microsoft Office 2007 (alias Office 12), permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (violación de acceso de lectura y bloqueo de la aplicación) a través de un archivo de hoja de cálculo modificada, como lo demuestra un archivo. xls con los datos de voltaje de la batería.
*Credits:
N/A
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Privileges Required
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2012-10-11 First Exploit
- 2012-10-24 CVE Reserved
- 2012-10-25 CVE Published
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (2)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37980 | 2012-10-11 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524379 | 2024-09-16 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Excel Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" | 2007 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" and version "2007" | - |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Excel Viewer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel Viewer" | * | - |
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| Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Office Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office" | 2007 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office" and version "2007" | - |
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