Advisory Details

October 10th, 2017

Microsoft Windows XLS File Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-8718
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Windows
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. 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 the Microsoft Jet OLEDB provider for Excel files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8718
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-05-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-10-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Zhou Yu

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