Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-0260,MS10-017
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXTUPLE record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004031
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004031 - Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft excel 2002
- microsoft excel 2003
- microsoft excel 2007
- microsoft office 2004
- microsoft office 2008
- microsoft office_compatibility_pack 2007
- microsoft office_excel_viewer
- microsoft office_sharepoint_server 2007
- microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter
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