Microsoft Excel unspecified code execution
| excel-unspecified-code-execution (27179) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Office is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By creating a malicious Excel file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the user, once the Excel file is opened. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending the malicious file to a victim as an email attachment or hosting it on a Web site.
Note: It has been reported that this vulnerability is being exploited by the Mdropper.J Trojan.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Excel 2000
- Microsoft, Excel 2002
- Microsoft, Excel 2003
- Microsoft, Excel 2004 Mac OS
- Microsoft, Excel XP
- Microsoft, Excel Viewer 2003
- Microsoft, Office 2000 SP3
- Microsoft, Office 2003 SP1
- Microsoft, Office 2003 SP2
- Microsoft, Office 2004
- Microsoft, Office X Mac OS
- Microsoft, Office XP SP3
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.
— OR —
Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jun 21 2006 - 23:42:25 CDT, MS Excel Remote Code Execution POC Exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0464.html.
- Microsoft Security Advisory (921365), Vulnerability in Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/921365.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-037, Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917285) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-037.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-059, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924164) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-059.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-002, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (927198) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-002.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-023, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (934233) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-023.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-036, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms07-036.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-044, Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (940965) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-044.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-014, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-014.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-026, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951207) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-026.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-042, Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955048) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-042.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-043, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954066) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-043.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-051, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949785) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-051.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-052, Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-052.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-057, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956416) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-057.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-004, Vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959420) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-004.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Response Center Blog, June 16, 2006 12:09 AM , Reports of a new vulnerability in Microsoft Excel at http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/06/16/436174.aspx.
- SecuriTeam Blogs, First Microsoft Excel 0-day Vulnerability FAQ [UPDATED] at http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=451.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-167A, Microsoft Excel Vulnerability at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-167A.html.
- ASA-2006-135: Windows Security Updates for July 2006 - (MS06-033 - MS06-039)
- BID-18422: Microsoft Excel Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3059: Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 through 2004 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3086.
- OSVDB ID: 26527: Microsoft Excel Malformed URL String Handling Overflow
- SA20686: Microsoft Excel Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016316: Microsoft Excel Memory Validation Flaw May Let Remote Users Cause Arbitrary Code to Be Executed
- US-CERT VU#802324: Microsoft Excel vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2361: Microsoft Excel Document Handling Memory Corruption Code Execution Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2755: Microsoft Excel Document Handling Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-037)
Reported:
Jun 16, 2006
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