Description
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, Compatibility Pack, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed tags in rich text, aka "Excel Rich Text Validation Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Excel - Code Execution (MS08-014) EDB-5287 · local · Mar 21, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 28168 vdb-entry
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-03
- TA08-071A third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5212 vdb-entry signature
- MS08-014 vendor-advisory
- SSRT080028 vendor-advisory
- 1019586 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-0846 vdb-entry
- 20080311 TPTI-08-03: Microsoft Excel Rich Text Memory Corruption Vulnerability mailing-list