HTTP: Microsoft Office Excel CVE-2015-2555 Remote Code Execution

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Office Excel. A successful attack could lead to code execution.

Extended Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel 2016 for Mac, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted calculatedColumnFormula object in an Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Microsoft sharepoint_server

References

CVE: CVE-2015-2555

Short Name
HTTP:STC:DL:CVE-2015-2555-CE
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2015-2555 Code Excel Execution Microsoft Office Remote
Release Date
10/13/2015
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Microsoft

CVSS Score

9.3

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