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Microsoft Excel rtWnDesk Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA26145	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-08-14
Popularity:	11,598 views

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

Software:	Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 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 XP

Binary Analysis:	BA193 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-3890

Description: Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error when validating an index value in the rtWnDesk record and can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel Workspace (XLW) file. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. Other unspecified security issues discovered internally by Microsoft have also been reported. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office 2000 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...082B98F7-9556-4F1F-823A-C41DDF5A7C9A Microsoft Office XP SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=91308769-2577-4F9F-8209-06F2C8C8A86F Microsoft Office 2003 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B0130E9E-8845-4D79-AAA1-A21CC9388ABE Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=C4A87572-3128-44F7-8069-95535A78500A Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#Office2004 Provided and/or discovered by: Dyon Balding, Secunia Research. Original Advisory: MS07-044 (KB940965): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-044.mspx

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