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(MS10-017) Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability (980150)

Type
Buffer Overflow
Impact of exploitation
Remote Code Execution
User Interaction
user interaction is needed
Attack Vector
Maliciously Crafted File
Rating
Medium
CVE reference
CVE-2010-0257,
Vendor Status
Responded and patched
Vulnerable systems
Excel  2002 SP3,
Excel  2003 SP3,
Excel  2007 SP1,
Summary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files.

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Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. When successfully exploited the attacker could take complete control of the affected system and run remote code.

McAfee Product Mitigation & Recommendations

Recommendations

The vendor has released an update to address this issue http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx

McAfee Product Mitigation

McAfee Foundstone
Signature:
(MS10-017) Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability (980150)
Signature identifier:
8106
Release date:
3/9/2010

Additional Resources

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-017 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx

All Information

Timeline -

3/10/2010

A proof of concept has been released.

3/9/2010

Vendor has provided a patch.

Description -

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. When successfully exploited the attacker could take complete control of the affected system and run remote code.

McAfee Product Mitigation & Recommendations

Recommendations -

The vendor has released an update to address this issue http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx

McAfee Product Mitigation

McAfee Foundstone
Signature:
(MS10-017) Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability (980150)
Signature identifier:
8106
Release date:
3/9/2010

Additional Resources

Additional Resources -

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-017 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx