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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-3242

CVE-2010-3242

Description

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Ghost Record Type Parsing Vulnerability."

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Affected products

7
  • Microsoft/Excel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =2002 SP3
  • Microsoft/Office2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2008:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Open XML File Format Converter2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:*:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Microsoft/Office For Macllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2004, 2008

Patches

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References

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