Microsoft Excel 2003 VBA Performance Cache resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2003. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component VBA Performance Cache. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3471. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2003 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component VBA Performance Cache. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BIFF file with a malformed record that triggers a user-influenced size calculation, aka "File Format Parsing Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 10/14/2008. The weakness was disclosed 10/14/2008 by Wushi with Microsoft as MS08-057 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3471 since 08/04/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50059 (MS08-057: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956416) (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 110088 (Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-057)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-057 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. 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 6465.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45581), Tenable (50059), SecurityFocus (BID 31705†), OSVDB (49078†) and Secunia (SA32211†). The entries VDB-3844 and VDB-3843 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 50059
Nessus Name: MS08-057: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956416) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900048
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (956416)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-057
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-057
Researcher: Wushi
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3842

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X-Force: 45581 - Microsoft Windows Knowledge Base Article 956416 update is not installed, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 31705 - Microsoft Excel BIFF File Format Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32211
OSVDB: 49078 - Microsoft Excel Embedded Formula Parsing Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1021044
Vulnerability Center: 19716 - [MS08-057] Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted BIFF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2808

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2008 16:23
Updated: 08/18/2019 17:10
Changes: 10/17/2008 16:23 (108), 08/18/2019 17:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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