Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA29321	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-03-11
Last Update:	2008-04-17
Popularity:	20,935 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Word Viewer 2003

Binary Analysis:	BA426 :: Available for 1 Credit BA432 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-0113 CVE-2008-0118

Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Office, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An error when parsing cells comments in Excel files can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel file. 2) An unspecified error when parsing Office files can be exploited to corrupt memory. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office 2000 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=72735aa1-e22c-40ed-8c79-38fba89979aa Microsoft Office XP SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9cf8aafa-71a5-4017-b53c-4e80ef6e1188 Microsoft Office 2003 SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9f25922c-d3c2-4ef1-b164-8a21a77d29aa Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9f25922c-d3c2-4ef1-b164-8a21a77d29aa Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9f25922c-d3c2-4ef1-b164-8a21a77d29aa Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=95DCEB37-B35F-46DB-B280-DB0F3B298AA9 Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9f25922c-d3c2-4ef1-b164-8a21a77d29aa Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9f25922c-d3c2-4ef1-b164-8a21a77d29aa Provided and/or discovered by: 1) Reported by Arnaud Dovi via Zero Day Initiative. 2) The vendor credits an anonymous person. Changelog: 2008-03-12: Added additional link and information provided by ZDI. 2008-04-17: Added Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 to list of affected software. Updated "Solution" section with patches for Microsoft Word Viewer 2003. Original Advisory: MS08-016 (KB949030): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-016.mspx ZDI: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-008/

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