Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record, aka "Excel HFPicture Memory Corruption 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 2
- Microsoft Excel - WOPT Record Parsing Heap Memory Corruption EDB-15065 · dos · Sep 21, 2010 · verified
- Microsoft Excel - HFPicture Record Parsing Remote Code Execution EDB-15019 · dos · Sep 16, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20100608 VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Office Excel HFPicture Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1248) mailing-list
- MS10-038 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7223 vdb-entry signature
- 40526 vdb-entry
- TA10-159B third-party-advisory
- 65235 vdb-entry