Microsoft Excel MSODrawing Improper Exception Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ZDI-10-246: November 9th, 2010CVE ID
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TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 10634. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within how the application frees resources when parsing a malformed Office Art record. Due to the application not properly freeing up resources during handling a parsing error, the application will later access the freed reference which can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Vendor Response
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:Disclosure Timeline
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2010-06-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-11-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
Anonymous
