CVE-2013-3159

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

11/09/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1:::::x64:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1::::x86::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:::::x64:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2::::x86::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2003:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1:::::x64:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp1::::x86::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:::::x64:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2::::x86::*

CVE-2013-3159

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools