>> Microsoft Excel Document Handling Memory Corruption Code Execution Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft Excel Document Handling Memory Corruption Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2361 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3059
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-06-16
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Excel, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when processing a malformed ".xls" document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to open a specially crafted Excel file.
Note : This 0day vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild by Trojan.Mdropper.J.
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