Microsoft Office Excel Header Information Handling Code Execution
Title : Microsoft Office Excel Header Information Handling Code Execution Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0146 CVE ID : CVE-2008-0081
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-01-16
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office Excel, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when handling header information, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Excel file [...] References
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