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Sid
3-16463

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

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Impact:
Unknown.

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Sheet Object Type Confusion Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP3
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2
Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2
  

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Attack Scenarios:
The attacker needs to supply a specially crafted file to a vulnerable machine.


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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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-2010-0258:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0258
  
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