Microsoft Excel Sheet Name Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:24691

Info

Microsoft Excel Sheet Name Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24691
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3490
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 28 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:37PM
Credit: ZhenHan.Liu is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP2
+ Microsoft Office 2000 SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Excel Sheet Name Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Excel is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to deny access to legitimate users. Given the nature of this vulnerability, attackers may also be able to execute arbitrary code, but this has not been confirmed.

Excel 2000 and 2003 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Excel Sheet Name Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept XLS file has been made available:

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Excel Sheet Name Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

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Microsoft Excel Sheet Name Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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