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Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (968557)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-009.

Insight

Insight

Flaws are due to Memory corruption error and an invalid object access when processing a malformed Excel document, which in cause a application crash.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Office Excel 2K SP3 Microsoft Office Excel 2k2 SP3 Microsoft Office Excel 2k3 SP3 Microsoft Office Excel 2k7 SP1

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)