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 OfficeArt Container Parsing Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43231
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-10
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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 encountering an
error while parsing OfficeArt containers. This can be exploited to
dereference an invalid object via a specially crafted file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted files.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by an anonymous person via ZDI.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-041/
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