Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, and Office for Mac 2004 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Style records that trigger memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was released 03/11/2008 by Bing Liu with Fortinet (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0114 since 01/07/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50056 (MS08-014 / MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029 / 949030) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110074 (Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-014)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5987.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40875) and Tenable (50056). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 3552, 34122, 41455 and 41454.

Productinfo

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Spreadsheet Software

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Microsoft

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Excel

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

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Nessus ID: 50056
Nessus Name: MS08-014 / MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029 / 949030) (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Bing Liu
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0114 (🔍)
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X-Force: 40875
SecurityTracker: 1019584
Vulnerability Center: 17845 - [MS08-014] Microsoft Excel Style Record Data Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28166 - Microsoft Excel Style Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 42724 - MS08-014 - Microsoft Excel Style Record Remote Code Execution Issue (949029)
Vupen: ADV-2008-0846

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/06/2019 21:31
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (78), 08/06/2019 21:31 (8)
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