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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2007 (Spreadsheet Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP2, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted conditional formatting values, aka "Excel Conditional Formatting Vulnerability."
The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was shared 03/11/2008 by Dan Hubbard with Websense Security Labs (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0117 since 01/07/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
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 5999.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40878) and Tenable (50056). The entries 3552, 34122, 41455 and 41453 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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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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Saint ID: exploit_info/excel_conditional_formatting
Saint Name: Microsoft Excel conditional formatting vulnerability
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Dan Hubbard
Organization: Websense Security Labs
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-0117 (🔍)
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X-Force: 40878
SecurityTracker: 1019587
Vulnerability Center: 17848 - [MS08-014] Microsoft Excel Conditional Formatting Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28170 - Microsoft Excel Conditional Formatting Values Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 42731 - CVE-2008-0117 - 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 07:16
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (76), 08/07/2019 07:16 (11)
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