Microsoft Office 2004/2008 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3241. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2004/2008 (Office Suite Software) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac do not properly validate binary file-format information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document, aka "Out-of-Bounds Memory Write in Parsing Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 10/13/2010 with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3241. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/26/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50068 (MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110136 (Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS10-080)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62116), Tenable (50068), SecurityFocus (BID 43656†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27665†). The entries VDB-4196, VDB-55001, VDB-54995 and VDB-54993 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 50068
Nessus Name: MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902264
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293211)
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09/03/2010 🔍
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09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54994

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X-Force: 62116
SecurityFocus: 43656 - Microsoft Excel Out-of-Bounds Memory Write (CVE-2010-3241) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 27665 - [MS10-080] Microsoft Excel and Office for Mac Code Execution due to an Out of Boundary Condition, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 17:42
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (60), 03/07/2017 14:04 (9), 09/26/2021 17:34 (3), 09/26/2021 17:42 (1)
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