62819 : Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Handling Overflow
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2009-09-25	2009-09-25	2010-03-09	2010-03-09

Time to Patch
165 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-0260" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXTUPLE record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Classification

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

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

Security Tracker: 1023698
CVE ID: 2010-0260 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 38805
Related OSVDB ID: 62817 62818 62820 62821 62822 62823
OVAL ID: 7862
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 978380 978382 978383 978471 978474 979439 980150 980837 980839 980840
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=862
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2010/Mar/91
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS10-017
CERT: TA10-068A

Tools & Filters

	45021

Credit

Sean Larsson - iDefense Labs

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-03-11 | Disagree?

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