(MS10-031) VBE6.DLL Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Publish date: February 04, 2011
  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-0815,MS10-031
  Advisory Date: FEB 04, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

VBE6.DLL in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and VBA SDK 6.3 through 6.5 does not properly search for ActiveX controls that are embedded in documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "VBE6.DLL Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

  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.

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Microsoft Office 2003
  • Microsoft Office 2007
  • Microsoft Office XP
  • Microsoft Visual_Basic_for_Applications
  • Microsoft Visual_Basic_SDK 6.3
  • Microsoft Visual_Basic_SDK 6.4
  • Microsoft Visual_Basic_SDK 6.5

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