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Credit:
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-246/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* 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 specific flaw exists within how the application frees resources when parsing a malformed Office Art record. Due to the application not properly freeing up resources during handling a parsing error, the application will later access the freed reference which can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Patch Availability:
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-087.mspx
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-3335
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-06-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-11-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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