2021-34518 | Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution

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6.1	$5k-$25k	0.41

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Excel 2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016/2019 (Spreadsheet Software). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-34501.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-34518 since 06/09/2021. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/17/2021).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Type

• Spreadsheet Software

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Excel

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔒

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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

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Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: Patch
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Patch: portal.msrc.microsoft.com

06/09/2021 CVE assigned
07/13/2021 +34 days Advisory disclosed
07/13/2021 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
07/14/2021 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/17/2021 +3 days VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-34518 (🔒)

Created: 07/14/2021 09:17
Updated: 07/17/2021 16:39
Changes: (2) source_cve_assigned source_cve_nvd_summary
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