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CVE-2010-0822 is a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. A specially crafted OBJ (0x5D) record in an Excel file can trigger the overflow and allow remote code execution.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (Ruby file) that exploits CVE-2010-0822, a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 (Office XP) on Windows XP SP3. The exploit works by generating a malicious .xls file with a malformed OBJ record (recType 0x5D). When a user opens this file in a vulnerable version of Excel, arbitrary code execution is achieved under the user's context. The module allows the attacker to specify a custom payload (up to 4000 bytes), which is embedded into the crafted Excel file. The exploit targets two specific builds of Excel 2002 (SP0 and SP3), with hardcoded memory offsets for each. The attack vector is local, requiring the victim to open the malicious file. The only fingerprintable endpoints are the generated .xls file (default name 'msf.xls') and the template file used for crafting ('data/exploits/CVE-2010-0822.xls'). The repository is operational in maturity, as it provides a working exploit with customizable payloads, but is not weaponized beyond the standard Metasploit framework capabilities.
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