[PCWorks] Microsoft Office Excel Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:47:51 -0500
TITLE:
Microsoft Office Excel Unspecified Memory Corruption
Vulnerability
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/40750/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Excel,
which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when
parsing
Excel files and can be exploited to corrupt memory.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS10-057 (KB2269707, KB2284162, KB2284171, KB2284179,
KB2264397,
KB2264403):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-057.mspx
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