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0-Day Microsoft Excel Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability |
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Monday, 19 June 2006
by Michel Roth
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A Vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unknown error within the processing of specially crafted Excel documents. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully updated Windows XP SP2 system with Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2. Other versions may also be affected.
NOTE: This vulnerability is a so-called 0-day and is already being actively exploited.
Read the full advisory here.
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