Microsoft Office 2004 input validation

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2004 (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly validate record information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Merge Cell Record Pointer Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 10/13/2010 with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3237. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50068 (MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (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 110136 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS10-080)).

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 10571.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62112) and Tenable (50068). Similar entries are available at 4196, 55001, 54995 and 54994.

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Class: Input validation
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Nessus ID: 50068
Nessus Name: MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902264
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293211)
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09/03/2010 🔍
10/12/2010 +39 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3237 (🔍)
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X-Force: 62112
Vulnerability Center: 27661 - [MS10-080] Microsoft Excel and Office 2004 for Mac Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43652 - Microsoft Excel Merge Cell Record Pointer (CVE-2010-3237) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 16:42
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/07/2017 09:53 (11), 09/26/2021 16:35 (3), 09/26/2021 16:42 (1)
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