Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 do not validate ZIP headers during decompression of Open XML (.XLSX) documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations, aka "Microsoft Office Excel XLSX File Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 03/10/2010 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0263. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/05/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50065 (MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) (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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110104 (Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-017)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10490.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56468) and Tenable (50065). See 4090, 52147, 52146 and 52145 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: 50065
Nessus Name: MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902133
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (980150)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0263 (🔍)
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X-Force: 56468
Vulnerability Center: 25030 - [MS10-017] Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted XLXS File, Critical
SecurityFocus: 38554 - Microsoft Excel XLSX File Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/05/2021 09:38
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 02/22/2017 10:30 (10), 09/05/2021 09:36 (3), 09/05/2021 09:38 (1)
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