[PCWorks] Microsoft Office XP Word Multiple Vulnerabilities
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:55:15 -0500
TITLE:
Microsoft Office XP Word Multiple Vulnerabilities
Criticality level: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
http://secunia.com/advisories/41785/
DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Word
2002,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's
system.
1) An error when parsing a specially crafted Word file may
result in
an uninitialised pointer being used.
2) An improper boundary check when parsing a specially crafted
Word
file can be exploited to corrupt memory.
3) An error in the handling of certain index values in a
specially
crafted Word file can be exploited to corrupt memory.
4) An error in the handling of certain return values when
parsing a
specially crafted Word file can be exploited to corrupt memory.
5) An error in the handling of bookmarks when parsing a
specially
crafted Word file can be exploited to corrupt memory.
6) An error in the handling of certain pointers when parsing a
specially crafted Word file can be exploited to corrupt memory.
7) An error in the handling of certain records when parsing a
specially crafted Word file can be exploited to cause a
heap-based
buffer overflow.
8) An error in the handling of certain indexes when parsing a
specially crafted Word file can be exploited to corrupt memory.
9) An error in the parsing of a specially crafted Word file can
be
exploited to corrupt memory.
10) An error in the handling of certain malformed records when
parsing a specially crafted Word file can be exploited to
corrupt
memory.
11) A boundary error when parsing a specially crafted Word file
can
be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow
execution of
arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches:
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS10-079 (KB2293194, KB2328360):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-079.mspx
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