Microsoft Excel 2003 code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Excel 2003 (Spreadsheet Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel document with malformed cell comments that trigger memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Cell Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 03/11/2008 by Arnaud Dori with ZDI as MS08-016 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0113 since 01/07/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31415 (MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110073 (Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-016)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-016 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (31415). See 3067, 3649 and 41455 for similar entries.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

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Nessus ID: 31415
Nessus Name: MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)
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Patch: MS08-016

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-016
Researcher: Arnaud Dori
Organization: ZDI
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0113 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1019578
SecurityFocus: 23826
Secunia: 29321 - Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 42708 - Microsoft Office Excel Document (XLS) Cell Record Rebuilding Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2008-0848

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Created: 03/18/2008 10:57
Updated: 03/16/2021 12:40
Changes: 03/18/2008 10:57 (81), 04/23/2018 17:57 (7), 03/16/2021 12:40 (4)
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