CVE-2011-0101

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Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-120

Posted Apr 12, 2011

Authored by Tipping Point | Site zerodayinitiative.com

Zero Day Initiative Advisory 11-120 - This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office Excel. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the methods used for RealTimeData Record Parsing. When handling a stTopic field has a bit set specifying double byte characters in the following field the value of a global pointer is improperly calculated. This pointer is later used in a memcpy operation whose source is user supplied data. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary

advisories | CVE-2011-0101

SHA-256 | 4e82fe1a7e573ec69aca8fb081d13147eb8a999bd96c9fc626b5431ce16dae9e

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