34395 : Microsoft Excel Filter Record Handling Remote Code Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
7	812	over 4 years ago	about 1 year ago	4 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Discovery Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2001-02-08	2007-02-08	2007-02-08	2007-05-08	2007-05-08

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
2280 days	2191 days

Description

A context-dependent memory corruption flaw exists in Excel. It fails to validate filter records resulting in memory corruption. With a specially crafted file, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Office	2004 for Mac
	Excel	2000
		2002
		2003
	Excel Viewer	2003

References

Security Tracker: 1018012
CVE ID: 2007-1214 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 23780
Secunia Advisory ID: 25150
SCIP VulDB ID: 3065
Related OSVDB ID: 34393 34394
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 934233
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-1708
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0132.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=527
News Article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199400216
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS07-023

Tools & Filters

	25162 25173

Credit

Greg MacManus - iDefense Labs

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-05-10 | Disagree?

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