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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."
The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was presented 03/11/2008 by Cody Pierce with TippingPoint (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0116 since 01/07/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.
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 6000.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40877) and Tenable (50056). See 3552, 34122, 41455 and 41454 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Code injectionCWE: 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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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Cody Pierce
Organization: TippingPoint
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-0116 (🔍)
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X-Force: 40877
SecurityTracker: 1019586
Vulnerability Center: 17847 - [MS08-014] Microsoft Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28168 - Microsoft Excel Rich Text Value Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 42730 - CVE-2008-0116 - MS08-014 - Microsoft - Excel - Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0846
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 08/07/2019 07:02
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (79), 08/07/2019 07:02 (5)
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