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Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA24008	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-02-04
Last Update:	2007-02-16
Popularity:	32,172 views

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

Software:	Microsoft Access 2000 Microsoft Access 2002 Microsoft Access 2003 Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Frontpage 2000 Microsoft Frontpage 2002 Microsoft Frontpage 2003 Microsoft InfoPath 2003 Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office Project 2002 Microsoft Office XP Microsoft OneNote 2003 Microsoft Outlook 2000 Microsoft Outlook 2002 Microsoft Outlook 2003 Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Microsoft Powerpoint 2003 Microsoft Project 2000 Microsoft Project 2003 Microsoft Publisher 2000 Microsoft Publisher 2002 Microsoft Publisher 2003 Microsoft Visio 2002 Microsoft Visio 2003 Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2002 Microsoft Word 2003 Microsoft Word Viewer 2003

Binary Analysis:	BA36 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-3877 CVE-2007-0671 CVE-2007-0913

Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Office, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An error in PowerPoint when processing malformed records may result in memory outside intended regions being accessed when parsing placeholder data. 2) An unspecified error when processing malformed records may result in memory outside intended regions being accessed when parsing placeholder data. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code. NOTE: According to Microsoft, vulnerability #2 is currently being actively exploited via Excel. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office 2000 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=20E089E7-7DD3-44A4-ABFE-6D8C27721683 Microsoft Office XP SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=C54B1FDA-1237-48F7-AD19-F0830EE0E8FF Microsoft Office 2003 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=BB0973E7-275D-4491-9BA1-91EAEA84EEFD Microsoft Project 2000 SR1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3DF54B5C-CB82-4A99-9B90-EDAB38AD6310 Microsoft Project 2002 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=419191DC-01B8-4E2A-BA5B-71BF3066C169 Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F50A5111-0926-4221-96DF-18294230ED1E Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ Provided and/or discovered by: 1) The vendor credits Chris Ries, VigilantMinds Inc. 2) Discovered as a 0-day. Changelog: 2007-02-06: Added link to US-CERT. 2007-02-13: Added additional information from Microsoft. Updated "Solution" section. 2007-02-16: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: MS07-015 (KB932554): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-015.mspx Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932553.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#613740: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/613740

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