Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-017.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow execution of arbitrary code on the remote system and corrupt memory, cause buffer overflow via a specially crafted Excel file.
Impact Level: System/Application
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/ms10-017.mspx
Insight
- Memory corruption error when processing malformed 'EntExU2', 'BRAI' 'MDXTuple', 'ContinueFRT12', 'MDXSet', 'ContinueFRT12', 'FnGroupName', 'BuiltInFnGroupCount','DbOrParamQry' and 'FnGrp12' records, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Excel document.
- An uninitialized pointer error when processing malformed data.
Affected
Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003/2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2002/2003/2007
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for,Excel,PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP 1/2
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0257, CVE-2010-0258, CVE-2010-0260, CVE-2010-0261, CVE-2010-0262, CVE-2010-0263, CVE-2010-0264 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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