Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2007 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2007. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-0115. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 2000/2002/2003/2007 (Spreadsheet Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2007, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office for Mac 2004 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed formulas, aka "Excel Formula Parsing Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2008 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0115 since 01/07/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

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 6001.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40876), Tenable (50056), SecurityFocus (BID 28167†), OSVDB (42725†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019585†). The entries VDB-3552, VDB-34122, VDB-41455 and VDB-41454 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0115 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0115
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41452

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X-Force: 40876
SecurityFocus: 28167 - Microsoft Excel Formula Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 42725 - MS08-014 - Microsoft - Excel Formula Parsing Remote Code Execution Issue (949029)
SecurityTracker: 1019585
Vulnerability Center: 17846 - [MS08-014] Microsoft Excel Formula Parsing 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 21:38
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (80), 08/06/2019 21:38 (5)
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