Microsoft Office 2007 input validation

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2007 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Gold and SP1 does not properly delete the PWD (password) string from connections.xml when a .xlsx file is configured not to save the remote data session password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and obtain access to a remote data source, aka the "Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 08/12/2008. The weakness was released 08/12/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3003 since 07/07/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 560 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33872 (MS08-043: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954066)), 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 110084 (Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-043)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44092) and Tenable (33872). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 43677, 43678, 43676 and 43675.

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Class: Input validation
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Nessus ID: 33872
Nessus Name: MS08-043: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954066)
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OpenVAS ID: 900028
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (954066)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3003 (🔍)
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X-Force: 44092
SecurityTracker: 1020669
Vulnerability Center: 19145 - [MS08-043] Microsoft Office Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Data Access, Low
SecurityFocus: 30641 - Microsoft Excel Credential Caching Vulnerability
Secunia: 31454 - Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 47410 - CVE-2008-3003 - MS08-043 - Microsoft - Excel - Privilege Escalation Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2347

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/15/2019 16:52
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (85), 08/15/2019 16:52 (5)
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