PT-2007-2628 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2007-05-08 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-1203

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, 2003 Viewer, 2004 for Mac, and 2007

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted set font value in an Excel file, resulting in memory corruption. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Excel handles Excel files with specially crafted set font values. Such a file might be included in an e-mail attachment or hosted on a malicious Web site. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Excel file that could allow remote code execution.

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 2003 Viewer, 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 2007, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1203

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 15

• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1203 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1203 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25150 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-023 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018012 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2014 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1708 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1203 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23779 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1708 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/34394 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33914 · Note