Home / bulletins MS08-074 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (959070) - Version:2.0
Posted on 14 April 2009
CriticalSeverity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V2.0 (January 28, 2009): Added a footnote to the Affected Software table and two entries to the section, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to this Security Update, pertaining to security updates KB958437 and KB958439 for supported versions of Microsoft Office Excel 2007. There were no changes to the security update binaries or detection. Customers with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Service Pack 1 who have already successfully installed KB958437 and KB958439 do not need to reinstall.Summary: This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Other versions
- MS08-074 - Version: 1.0
- MS08-074 - Version: 2.0
- MS08-074 - Version: 2.0
