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
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4264, CVE-2008-4265, CVE-2008-4266 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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