Microsoft Office Excel FNGROUPNAME Record Uninitialized Memory Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-0262
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office 2004 for Mac do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that triggers access of an uninitialized stack variable, aka "Microsoft Office Excel FNGROUPNAME Record Uninitialized Memory Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004032
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004032 - Microsoft Office Excel FNGROUPNAME Record Uninitialized Memory 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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