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CVE-2011-1989


Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Excel 2010 Gold and SP1; Excel in Office 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2004, 2008, and 2011 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2; Excel Services on Office SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1; and Excel Web App 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly parse conditional expressions associated with formatting requirements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Conditional Expression Parsing Vulnerability."


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-1989 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from microsoft, from microsoft, from microsoft and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2011-09-15T12:26:48.947

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application microsoft excel 2003 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2007 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2010 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2010 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2010 Yes
Application microsoft excel 2010 Yes
Application microsoft excel_viewer * Yes
Application microsoft excel_web_app 2010 Yes
Application microsoft excel_web_app 2010 Yes
Application microsoft office 2004 Yes
Application microsoft office 2007 Yes
Application microsoft office 2008 Yes
Application microsoft office 2010 Yes
Application microsoft office 2010 Yes
Application microsoft office 2010 Yes
Application microsoft office 2010 Yes
Application microsoft office 2011 Yes
Application microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007 Yes
Application microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter * Yes
Application microsoft sharepoint_server 2007 Yes
Application microsoft sharepoint_server 2007 Yes
Application microsoft sharepoint_server 2010 Yes
Application microsoft sharepoint_server 2010 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For microsoft's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.