| Release Date | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems. |
| Description | This indicates an attempt to exploit a function pointer override vulnerability in Microsoft Excel products, which is due to insufficient validation of an index value in the NAME record. |
| Affected Products | Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
2007 Microsoft Office System and its Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 and its Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office Excel Viewer
Microsoft Office for Mac
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac |
| Recommended Actions | Apply the patch, available from the vendor's web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-074.mspx |
| Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4266
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| Microsoft Bulletin ID | MS08-074 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-074.mspx |