Array index vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel spreadsheet with a NAME record that contains an invalid index value, which triggers stack corruption, aka Excel Global Array Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel | Microsoft | 2000-sp3 (including) | 2000-sp3 (including) |
| Excel | Microsoft | 2002-sp3 (including) | 2002-sp3 (including) |
| Excel | Microsoft | 2003-sp3 (including) | 2003-sp3 (including) |
| Excel_viewer | Microsoft | 2003 (including) | 2003 (including) |
| Excel_viewer | Microsoft | 2003-sp3 (including) | 2003-sp3 (including) |
| Office | Microsoft | 2004 (including) | 2004 (including) |
| Office | Microsoft | 2008 (including) | 2008 (including) |
| Open_xml_file_format_converter | Microsoft | * | * |
References
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-36/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499055/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021368
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3386
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5808