Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly parse the Excel file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that causes memory to be interpreted as a different object type than intended, aka "Microsoft Office Excel Sheet Object Type Confusion Vulnerability."
The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=859 | third party advisory broken link |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8545 | signature vdb entry broken link |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017 | patch vendor advisory |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html | third party advisory us government resource |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698 | broken link third party advisory vdb entry |