Microsoft Office up to Xp numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Office up to Xp. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-0561. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office up to Xp (Office Suite Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2; and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a Shared String Table (SST) record with a numeric field that specifies an invalid number of unique strings, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 06/09/2009. The weakness was presented 06/09/2009 by iDefense Labs with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0561 since 02/12/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50062 (MS09-017 / MS09-021 / MS09-027: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340 / 969462 / 969514) (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 110100 (Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-021)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8200.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50789), Zero-Day.cz (164), Tenable (50062), SecurityFocus (BID 35245†) and OSVDB (54957†). See VDB-37163, VDB-48554, VDB-48553 and VDB-48552 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 50062
Nessus Name: MS09-017 / MS09-021 / MS09-027: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340 / 969462 / 969514) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900670
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (969462)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0561 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0561
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48548

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X-Force: 50789
SecurityFocus: 35245 - Microsoft Excel Malformed Shared String Table Record Integer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 54957 - Microsoft Office Excel File SST Record Handling String Parsing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1022351
Vulnerability Center: 22492 - [MS09-021] Microsoft Excel Malformed Record Object Integer Overflow Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1540

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 07/19/2024 09:15
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (82), 09/06/2019 06:57 (8), 07/19/2024 09:15 (24)
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