Microsoft Office Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-1247,ms10-038
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a
malformed RTD (0x813) record that triggers heap corruption, aka "Excel Memory
Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0823 and
CVE-2010-1249.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004212
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004212 - Microsoft Office Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft excel 2002
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