Fortinet Security Advisory: FSA-2006-08 – Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a improper memory access vulnerability in the Microsoft Excel software. This vulnerability is due to Microsoft Excel’s manipulation of opcode 0x001D, when provided with a random Column Index, it will cause a Improper Memory Access. An remote attacker could construct a .xls file and put it on controlled web site. When the user opens the .xls file with Microsoft Internet Explorer, the browser will call Microsoft Excel to open the .xls file automatically, and this will cause Microsoft Excel to crash. If excel file is specially crafted, it may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
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