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Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (969462)
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
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-021.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - an array-indexing error when processing certain records by using corrupted object. - a boundary error when parsing certain records by opening a specially crafted Excel file. - an integer overflow error when processing the number of strings in a file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003/2007 Microsoft Office Excel 2000/2002/2003/2007
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.