Vulnerability CVE-2011-0978
Published: 2011-02-10   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an axis properties record, and improper incrementing of an array index, aka "Excel Array Indexing Vulnerability."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Office Excel Axis Properties Record Parsing Buffer Overflow PoC
webDEViL
04.05.2011

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Excel 
Microsoft -> Excel viewer 
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Office compatibility pack 

 References:
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02/07/zdi-disclosure-microsoft
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8231
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025337
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0940
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-042/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12439
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