Microsoft Excel Vulnerability

Release date: June 21, 2006
Source: CERT
Systems Affected

* Microsoft Excel 2003
* Microsoft Excel XP (2002)
* Microsoft Excel for Mac

Overview

An unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Solution

At the time of writing no complete solution is available.

• Do not open untrusted Excel documents.
• Do not rely on file extension filtering.