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Microsoft Excel Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25995
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Release Date:
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2007-07-10
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Last Update:
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2007-07-13
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft Excel Viewer 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 2007
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Office XP
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1756 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-3029 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-3030 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An unspecified calculation error when handling version-related information can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file.
2) An error in the validation of the number of active worksheets can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file.
3) An error when validating the beginning of file attributes associated with workspace information can be exploited via a specially crafted Excel file.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code.
NOTE: Additional unspecified security issues discovered internally by Microsoft have also been reported.
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Solution:
Apply patches.
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=83D94D8E-DDA6-4D74-B40D-476C2F0A3AF4
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5E09D13B-D4B0-48FD-9880-73C180570267
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9D93C0CE-5124-4234-BA84-3C27005E010F
Microsoft Excel 2003 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=11F42977-8828-494A-A183-D1ABA827B708
Microsoft Office Excel 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9AB28283-0320-4527-B033-5E80EF32CD34
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=E592AE5B-09AC-4F5B-B457-A54C9850AD4A
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download...id=4&ssid=35&flgnosysreq=True
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2007-07-13: Added Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac in the affected product list. Update "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
MS07-036 (KB936542):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-036.mspx
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