Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959070)

Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-074.
Impact
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code on the remote system and corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel Spreadsheet (XLS) file. 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/ms08-074.mspx
Insight
The flaws are due to - an error while validating an index value in a NAME record. - an error in the processing of Excel records. - an error in the processing of Excel formula.
Affected
Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/2003
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