Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-0261 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXSET record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 15 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS10-017 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2010-03-09T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 980150 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS10-017.NASL |
| description | The remote host contains a version of Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer, or Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that is affected by several vulnerabilities. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected system into opening a specially crafted Excel file using the affected application, he may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code subject to the user |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 45021 |
| published | 2010-03-09 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/45021 |
| title | MS10-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2014-06-30T04:11:29.382-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
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| description | Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SP1 and SP2 and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet in which "a MDXSET record is broken up into several records," aka "Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8479 | ||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-03-09T13:00:00 | ||||||||||||||||
| title | Microsoft Office Excel MDXSET Record Heap Overflow Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
| version | 24 |
Seebug
| bulletinFamily | exploit |
| description | BUGTRAQ ID: 38552 CVE ID: CVE-2010-0261 Excel是微软Office套件中的电子表格工具。 Excel在解析XSL文件中畸形MDXSet和ContinueFRT12记录时存在堆溢出漏洞，成功利用此漏洞的攻击者可以完全控制受影响的系统。 Microsoft Excel 2007 SP2 Microsoft Excel 2007 SP1 临时解决方法： * 使用Microsoft Office文件阻断策略以防止打开未知或不可信任来源的Office 2003及更早版本的文档。 * 当打开来自未知来源或不可信来源的文件时使用Microsoft Office隔离转换环境（MOICE）。 * 不要打开从不可信任来源接收到货从可信任来源意外接收到的Excel文件。 厂商补丁： Microsoft --------- Microsoft已经为此发布了一个安全公告（MS10-017）以及相应补丁: MS10-017：Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150) 链接：http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-017.mspx?pf=true |
| id | SSV:19255 |
| last seen | 2017-11-19 |
| modified | 2010-03-10 |
| published | 2010-03-10 |
| reporter | Root |
| title | Microsoft Excel MDXSet和ContinueFRT12记录堆溢出漏洞（MS10-017） |
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=861
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023698
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8479