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TITLE:
Microsoft Excel Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20686

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20686/

CRITICAL:
Extremely critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Excel 2000
http://secunia.com/product/3054/
Microsoft Excel 2002
http://secunia.com/product/4043/
Microsoft Excel 2003
http://secunia.com/product/4970/
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2276/
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2277/
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2275/
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2278/
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Excel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unknown error within the
processing of specially crafted Excel documents.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully updated Windows XP
SP2 system with Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2. Other versions may also be
affected.

NOTE: This vulnerability is a so-called 0-day and is already being
actively exploited.

SOLUTION:
Don't open untrusted Excel documents.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered in the wild.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Microsoft:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/06/16/436174.aspx

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