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Sid
3-13971

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Microsoft Office.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
A "memory calculation error" in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 through SP1; and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with crafted list values that trigger memory corruption, aka "Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, and 2007 through SP1
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 through SP1
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-1455:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1455

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