ZDI-08-048: Microsoft Excel COUNTRY Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability

ZDI-08-048: Microsoft Excel COUNTRY Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-048
August 12, 2008

– CVE ID:
CVE-2008-3006

– Affected Vendors:
Microsoft

– Affected Products:
Microsoft Office Excel

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– Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office Excel. Exploitation
requires that the attacker coerce the target into opening a malicious
.XLS file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of the BIFF file format used
by Microsoft Excel. During the processing of a malformed Country (0x8c)
record, user-supplied data may be used in a memory copy operation
resulting in memory corruption. If successfully exploited remote
control of the affected system can be obtained under the credentials of
the currently logged in user.

– Vendor Response:
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-043.mspx

– Disclosure Timeline:
2008-04-16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2008-08-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory

– Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Anonymous

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