Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-0118,ms08-016
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

  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: 1002170
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002170 - Microsoft PowerPoint Memory Corruption

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Microsoft Office 2000
  • Microsoft Office 2003
  • Microsoft Office 2004
  • Microsoft Office XP

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