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Sid
3-18399

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

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Record Pointer Corruption Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Office 2000 SP3
Microsoft Office XP SP3
Microsoft Office 2003 SP3
Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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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-2009-0549:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0549
  
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