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Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Invalid Object Type Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows

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 Wont Fix

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Microsoft Office Excel and is prone to multiple remote code execution vulnerability. This NVT has been replaced by NVT (OID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902410).

Insight

Insight

The flaw occurs when parsing a document with a malformed Excel document. When parsing an office art object, the application fails to put appropriate trust parameters.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Solution

Solution

No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

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