PT-2007-5118 · Microsoft · Office 2003+4

Published 2007-08-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2007-3890

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 in Office 2000 SP3 Microsoft Excel in Office XP SP3 Microsoft Excel in Office 2003 SP2 Microsoft Excel in Office 2004 for Mac

Description: A remote code execution issue exists in the way Excel handles malformed Excel files. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a Workspace with a certain index value that triggers memory corruption. An attacker could exploit this by sending a malformed file, which could be included as an e-mail attachment, or hosted on a malicious or compromised Web site.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Excel in Office 2000 SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Excel in Office XP SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Excel in Office 2003 SP2, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Excel in Office 2004 for Mac, update to a version that is not affected by this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3890

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office 2000

Office 2003

Office 2004 For Mac

Office Xp

References · 11

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3890 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3890 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-044 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26145 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-044 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018561 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2149 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2868 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25280 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3890 · Note