59863 : Microsoft Office Excel Formula Handling Pointer Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-11-10

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-3132" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet containing a malformed formula, related to a "pointer corruption" issue, aka "Excel Index Parsing Vulnerability."

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: 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

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-3132 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36909
Secunia Advisory ID: 37299
Related OSVDB ID: 59858 59859 59860 59861 59862 59864 59866
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 972652 973471 973475 973484 973593 973704 973707 976828 976830 976831
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0093.html
News Article: http://www.scmagazineus.com/Microsoft-fixes-15-flaws-with-six-patches/article/157541/
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS09-067

Tools & Filters

	42441

Credit

Nicolas Joly - VUPEN Security

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-11-12 | Disagree?

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