Intrusion PreventionMS.Excel.Conditional.Formatting.Stack.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel.
The vulnerability is a result of the software's failure or correctly handle conditional formatting values. It can lead to an exploitable stack overrun when processing conditional formatting BIFF records from a worksheet in the Workbook stream.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Impact
System Compromise: remote attackers can execute code on vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply patch, available from the web site.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-014.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15477 |
| Created | Mar 12, 2008 |
| Updated | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2008-0117 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 70.72% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | MS_Office |