PT-2007-1527 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2007-01-09 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-0031

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel versions 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and v.X for Mac

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This occurs when a BIFF8 spreadsheet with a PALETTE record containing a large number of entries is processed. The vulnerability is related to the parsing of files and the processing of a malformed Palette record.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Excel v.X for Mac, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0031

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 17

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3193 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0031 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-002 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0031 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21922 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/31258 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0103 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/MS07-002 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0031 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0103 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625532 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009A.html · Note