A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Excel, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when handling or repairing a document containing a malformed STYLE record, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to open or repair a specially crafted Excel file [...]
Affected Products
Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft Excel 2002
Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003
Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Excel v. X for Mac
Microsoft Works Suite 2004
Microsoft Works Suite 2005
Microsoft Works Suite 2006
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Nanika
ChangeLog
2006-07-06 : Initial release
2006-10-10 : Updated Solution
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