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Microsoft Excel Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA12800
Release Date: 2004-10-12
Last Update: 2004-10-14
Popularity: 18,108 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac
Microsoft Office X for Mac
Microsoft Office XP

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Brett Moore has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling Excel files and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a user is tricked into opening a malicious Excel file or visit a malicious web site.

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