Microsoft Excel 2000 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Excel 2000. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-0112. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2000 (Spreadsheet Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, and Office for Mac 2004 and 2008 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .SLK file that is not properly handled when importing the file, aka "Excel File Import Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was published 03/11/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0112 since 01/07/2008. 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. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50056 (MS08-014 / MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029 / 949030) (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 110074 (Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-014)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. 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 5991.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40879), Tenable (50056), SecurityFocus (BID 28095†), OSVDB (42723†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019583†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3552, VDB-34122, VDB-41455 and VDB-41454. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 50056
Nessus Name: MS08-014 / MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029 / 949030) (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0112 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0112
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41450

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X-Force: 40879
SecurityFocus: 28095 - Microsoft Excel Import Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 42723 - MS08-014 - Microsoft - Excel Import Remote Code Execution Issue (949029)
SecurityTracker: 1019583
Vulnerability Center: 17844 - [MS08-014] Microsoft Excel File Import Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0846

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/06/2019 21:26
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (78), 08/06/2019 21:26 (5)
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