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Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA24008
Release Date: 2007-02-04
Last Update: 2007-02-16
Popularity: 34,784 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

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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.

Change Page:
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