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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2010.0232
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
10 March 2010
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office 2003
2007 Microsoft Office System
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Publisher: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS X
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-0264 CVE-2010-0263 CVE-2010-0262
CVE-2010-0261 CVE-2010-0260 CVE-2010-0258
CVE-2010-0257
Original Bulletin:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-017 - Important
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(980150)
Version: 1.0
General Information
Executive Summary
This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in
Microsoft Office Excel. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code
execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who
successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same
user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to
have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who
operate with administrative user rights.
This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of
Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office
Excel 2007, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, and Microsoft Office 2008 for
Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and all supported versions of
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. For
more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software,
in this section.
The update addresses the vulnerabilities by changing the way that Microsoft
Office Excel parses specially crafted Excel files. For more information
about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection
for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability
Information.)
Recommendation. Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update at the
earliest opportunity.
Known Issues. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 980150 documents the
currently known issues that customers may experience when installing this
security update. The article also documents recommended solutions for these
issues. When currently known issues and recommended solutions pertain only
to specific releases of this software, this article provides links to
further articles.
Affected Software
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1
2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer Service Pack 1 and 2
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Vulnerability Information
Microsoft Office Excel Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0257
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of
an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change,
or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Office Excel Sheet Object Type Confusion Vulnerability -
CVE-2010-0258
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of
an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change,
or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights
Microsoft Office Excel MDXTUPLE Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability -
CVE-2010-0260
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or
delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability -
CVE-2010-0261
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or
delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Office Excel FNGROUPNAME Record Uninitialized Memory Vulnerability -
CVE-2010-0262
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or
delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Office Excel XLSX File Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability -
CVE-2010-0263
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or
delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Office Excel DbOrParamQry Record Parsing Vulnerability -
CVE-2010-0264
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft
Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an
affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or
delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
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