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Sid
3-13973

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

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

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, do not properly validate an unspecified array index when loading Excel files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file, aka the "Excel Index Array Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
  

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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-2008-3005:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3005

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