Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2640241)

Summary
This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS11-096.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-096
Insight
The flaw is due to an error when handling certain objects while parsing records and can be exploited to corrupt memory.
Affected
Microsoft Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
References