Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Excel, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Office Excel Record Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47203
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-13
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Excel, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling certain
objects while parsing records and can be exploited to corrupt
memory.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits an anonymous person via iDefense.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS11-096 (KB2640241, KB2596954, KB2644358):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-096
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