CVE-2013-3159

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-3159
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-09-11T14:03:48
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-12T22:04:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1:*:*:*:x86:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:x86:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A US Government Resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18686
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-073
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3159
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3159
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:24:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 19:36:48 2013-09-11T14:03Z 2013-09-11T14:03:48 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 19:36:48 2018-10-12T22:04:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 19:36:48 Modified Vulnerability Status updated