CVE-2013-3159 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2013-3159?

CVE-2013-3159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 11 Sep 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3159?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Excel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3159?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2013-3159 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3159 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4vq7-844p-76r2.