Intrusion PreventionMS.Excel.Merge.Cell.Record.Pointer.Malfunction
Description
This indicates a possible attack against a pointer-malfunction vulnerability in Microsoft Excel.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software reads a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker may exploit it to execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
Microsoft Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
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 | 24600 |
| Created | Oct 13, 2010 |
| Updated | Mar 04, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2010-3237 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 93.4% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, MacOS |
| Affected App | MS_Office |