#VU1264 Memory corruption in Microsoft Office for macOS and Microsoft Excel - CVE-2008-0117

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1264

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-0117

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Excel

Software vendor:
Microsoft

The vulnerability alows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a boundary error when conditional formatting values handling in Excel files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Excel file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Install update from vendor's website:

Excel 2000 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=f7f90c30-1bfd-406b-a77f-612443e30185
Excel 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=907f96d5-d1e9-4471-b41c-3ac811e63038
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95DCEB37-B35F-46DB-B280-DB0F3B298AA9
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8FE8C32A-6D7A-482B-97C6-42562F089EE4

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms08-014.aspx