Intrusion PreventionMS.Excel.File.Format.Parsing.Error
Description
This indicates a possible attack against a file-parsing error in Microsoft Excel.
The vulnerability is caused by improper sanitizing of user-input in Excel files.
Affected Products
Microsoft Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
Microsoft Excel Viewer Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel
PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
Impact
System compromise
Recommended Actions
Apply the patch supplied by the vendor:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms10-080.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 24579 |
| Created | Oct 13, 2010 |
| Updated | Apr 24, 2014 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2010-3232 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 96.25% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, MacOS |
| Affected App | MS_Office |