Microsoft Office 2002/2003 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Office 2002/2003. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-3029. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2002/2003 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Excel file containing multiple active worksheets, which results in memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2007. The weakness was presented 07/10/2007 by sehato (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3029 since 06/05/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 25687 (MS07-036: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542)), 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 110062 (Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-036)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12099. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5453.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35215), Tenable (25687), SecurityFocus (BID 22555†), OSVDB (35958†) and Secunia (SA25995†). See VDB-3176, VDB-3175, VDB-3174 and VDB-37739 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 25687
Nessus Name: MS07-036: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: sehato
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3029 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37738

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X-Force: 35215
SecurityFocus: 22555 - Microsoft Excel Worksheet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 25995
OSVDB: 35958 - Microsoft Excel Multiple Worksheet Unspecified Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1018352
Vulnerability Center: 15582 - [MS07-036] Microsoft Excel 2002/3 Worksheet Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2478

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2019 16:35
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (89), 07/21/2019 16:35 (2)
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