62822 : Microsoft Office Excel XLSX File ZIP Header Processing Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-03-09

Time to Patch
238 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-0263" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 do not validate ZIP headers during decompression of Open XML (.XLSX) documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations, aka "Microsoft Office Excel XLSX File Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability."

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, 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

CVE ID: 2010-0263 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 38805
Related OSVDB ID: 62817 62818 62819 62820 62821 62823
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 978380 978382 978383 978471 978474 979439 980150 980837 980839 980840
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Mar/168
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-025
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS10-017

Tools & Filters

	45021

Credit

Anonymous - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

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

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