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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.2335
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (3017347)
9 December 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Microsoft Excel
Publisher: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-6361 CVE-2014-6360
Original Bulletin:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-083
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-083 - Important
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3017347)
Published: December 9, 2014
Version: 1.0
Executive Summary
This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in
Microsoft Excel. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an
attacker convinces a user to open or preview a specially crafted Microsoft
Excel file in an affected version of Microsoft Office software. An attacker
who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights
as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user
rights, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data;
or create new accounts with full user rights. Customers whose accounts are
configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than
users who operate with administrative user rights.
Affected Software
Microsoft Excel 2007
Microsoft Excel 2010
Microsoft Excel 2013 and Microsoft Excel 2013 RT
Vulnerability Information
Global Free Remote Code Execution in Excel Vulnerability - CVE-2014-6360
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel
does not properly handle objects in memory while parsing specially crafted
Office files. System memory may be corrupted in such a way that an attacker
could execute arbitrary code. Microsoft received information about this
vulnerability through coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
Excel Invalid Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2014-6361
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel
does not properly handle objects in memory while parsing specially crafted
Office files. System memory may be corrupted in such a way that an attacker
could execute arbitrary code.
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