cve-2011-1279

CVE-2011-1279 is a vulnerability addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-045, which resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. This specific vulnerability, along with others like CVE-2011-1272 and CVE-2011-1276, could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user, with users having fewer rights being less impacted. The update is rated Important and includes workarounds such as configuring Office File Validation to block suspicious files. This tag covers discussions and updates related to this security issue.