31257 : Microsoft Excel Column Record Heap Corruption Remote Code Execution
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Info

Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Jan 09, 2007

Discovery
Sep 14, 2006

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A local memory corruption flaw exists in Excel. The program fails to validate Excel files resulting in memory corruption when a malformed column 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
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB 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
Watch-list
Office
Watch-list
 2004 for Mac
v. X for Mac
Works Suite
Watch-list
 2004
2005
Excel
Watch-list
 2000
2002
2003

References

Tools & Filters
23998

Credit
  • Greg MacManus - iDEFENSE Labs

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-01-10 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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