Thread-topic: [SA26145] Microsoft Excel rtWnDesk Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
>
> TITLE:
> Microsoft Excel rtWnDesk Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
>
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA26145
>
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
>
>
> CRITICAL:
> Highly critical
>
> IMPACT:
> System access
>
> WHERE:
> From remote
>
> SOFTWARE:
> Microsoft Excel 2000
>
> Microsoft Excel 2002
>
> Microsoft Excel 2003
>
> Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003
>
> Microsoft Office 2000
>
> Microsoft Office XP
>
> Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
>
> Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
>
> Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
>
> Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
>
> Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
>
>
> 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:
>
> 8F7-9556-4F1F-823A-C41DDF5A7C9A
>
> Microsoft Office XP SP3:
>
> 769-2577-4F9F-8209-06F2C8C8A86F
>
> Microsoft Office 2003 SP2:
>
> E9E-8845-4D79-AAA1-A21CC9388ABE
>
> Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003:
>
> 572-3128-44F7-8069-95535A78500A
>
> Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
>
>
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.
>
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> MS07-044 (KB940965):
>
>
