MS Office Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-1249
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed ExternName (0x23) record, aka "Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0823 and CVE-2010-1247.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004224
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004224 - MS Office Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft excel 2002
- microsoft office 2004
- microsoft office 2008
- microsoft open_xml_file_format_converter