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TITLE:
Microsoft Office Unspecified String Handling Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24008

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24008/

CRITICAL:
Extremely critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/8713/
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2278/
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2275/
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2277/
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2276/
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/
Microsoft Excel 2003
http://secunia.com/product/4970/
Microsoft Excel 2002
http://secunia.com/product/4043/
Microsoft Excel 2000
http://secunia.com/product/3054/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when handling
strings and can be exploited to cause a memory corruption.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitary code.

NOTE: According to Microsoft, the vulnerability is currently being
actively exploited via Excel, but other Office applications may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted Office documents.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered as a 0-day.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932553.mspx

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