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HistoryOct 10, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

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

2017-10-1000:00:00
Zhou Yu
www.zerodayinitiative.com
15

EPSS

0.225

Percentile

96.6%

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.