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“The vulnerability is caused due to a memory corruption error in the ‘repair mode’ functionality used for repairing corrupted documents. This can be exploited via a specially crafted Excel documents. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully updated Windows XP SP2 system with Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2. Other versions may also be affected.” So, what does that mean? Well, be extremely careful opening untrusted excel attachments. Basically, when in doubt do not open untrusted Excel documents. These are the versions affected: … Microsoft Excel 2000 [tags]Excel repair mode vulnerability, excel vulnerability, excel zero day exploit[/tags] Related Posts:Excel Remote Code Execution Zero Day A zero day vulnerability is like a candy shop for hackers. It allows them a proven vulnerability with no remedy. ... Microsoft Word Unspecified Vulnerability I love that title. Talk about vague. It seems things are hush hush. But the gist of... Microsoft Exchange Calendar Vulnerability It seems that Microsoft Exchange server has a critical calendar vulnerability that allows system access remotely (ie, not a good... Microsoft Word Memory Vulnerability Well, sometimes it seems that yours truly and super collegiate wonder boy (ie, billy) are joined at the medulla oblongata. ... Damaged Outlook Mailbox (.pst file) This is the desperate cry of someone who is about to panic. They have emails from 1995 and about... Comments |
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And yet again, Secunia has issued an extremely critical security warning. This time it involves a memory corruption issue in Excel’s repair mode. Secunia says:
