OSVDB ID: 31255

Title: Microsoft Excel IMDATA Record Handling Remote Code Execution

Info

Disclosure

Jan 09, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Jan 09, 2007

Description

A local memory corruption flaw exists in Excel. The program fails to validate the contents of a file resulting in memory corruption when a malformed IMDATA record is encountered. 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 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

Excel

2000
2002

Works Suite

2004
2005

Office

2004 for Mac
v. X for Mac

References

Credit

  • Jeff Gennari -


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/31255