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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2019-09-16 | |
| Rule Name: | Microsoft Excel Incorrect BIFF2 Record Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2011-1988) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2; Excel in Office 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Excel Viewer SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 do not properly parse records in Excel spreadsheets, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet, aka "Excel Heap Corruption Vulnerability." | |
| Impact: | An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Others | |
| Reference: | MicrosoftSecurityBulletin:ms11-072 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-256A.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12836 |
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| Solutions |
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| The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-072 |