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Posted on 09 June 2010
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Secunia Research 08/06/2010
- Microsoft Excel Record Parsing Input Validation Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Microsoft Excel 2002
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Microsoft Office Excel is a powerful tool you can use to create and
format spreadsheets, and analyze and share information to make more
informed decisions.".
Product Link:
http://office.microsoft.com/excel
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel,
which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise
a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient input validation when
parsing a certain record type. This may lead to a variety of errors,
including corruption of data on the stack.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Apply patches from MS10-038.
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6) Time Table
04/12/2009 - Vendor notified.
04/12/2009 - Vendor response.
11/01/2010 - Status update requested.
12/01/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
30/03/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
27/04/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
26/05/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
08/06/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-1251 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-54/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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