9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.921 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.9%
A vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Excel handles malformed image records could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Microsoft Excel fails to properly validate the size of IMDATA records. When a file containing a malformed IMDATA record is opened in Excel, system memory can be corrupted in a way that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
More information is available in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-002.
By convincing a user to open a specially crafted Excel document, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Excel. If the user is logged in with administrative privileges, the attacker could take complete control of a vulnerable system.
Apply an update from Microsoft
Microsoft addresses this vulnerability with the updates listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-002.
Note that Microsoft has re-released the updates in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-002 for Excel 2000. See the Microsoft Security Response Center blog for more information.
Do not open untrusted Excel documents
Do not open unfamiliar or unexpected Excel or other Office documents, particularly those hosted on web sites or delivered as email attachments. Please see Cyber Security Tip ST04-010.** **
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Notified: July 11, 2006 Updated: January 09, 2007
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Group | Score | Vector |
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Base | 0 | AV:–/AC:–/Au:–/C:–/I:–/A:– |
Temporal | 0 | E:ND/RL:ND/RC:ND |
Environmental | 0 | CDP:ND/TD:ND/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
This issue was reported by Jeff Gennari of CERT/CC.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-0027 |
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Severity Metric: | 11.48 Date Public: |