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CVE-2013-3159

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp3, 2010-sp1, 2010-sp2

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18686
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-073
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18686

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