Summary
This host is missing critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-043.
Impact
Remote attackers could be able to corrupt memory locations via a specially crafted Excel (.xls) files.
Impact Level : System
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-043.mspx
Insight
Multiple flaw are due to,
- index values are not properly validated when loading Excel files into memory.
- an errors during processing/parsing of certain array indexes and record values when loading Excel files into memory.
- a password strings to remote data sources are not being properly deleted even when configured to not store credentials.
Affected
Microsoft Excel 2002/XP/2003/2007 on Windows (All).
Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003/2007 on Windows (All).
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-3003, CVE-2008-3004, CVE-2008-3005, CVE-2008-3006 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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