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>> Microsoft Excel Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS08-014)
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Office, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. These issues are caused by memory corruption errors when processing Excel documents containing malformed data (e.g. Style Record, Formula, Rich Text, or Macro), which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Excel file.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
2007 Microsoft Office System
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Excel 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Excel 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Excel 2007
Solution
Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-014.mspx
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0846
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-014.mspx
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Mike Scott (SAIC), Matt Richard (VeriSign), Greg MacManus (iDefense Labs), Yoshiya Sasaki (JFE Systems), Bing Liu (Fortinet), Cody Pierce (TippingPoint DVLabs), Moti Joseph and Dan Hubbard (Websense Security Labs).
ChangeLog
2008-03-11 : Initial release
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