[PCWorks] Microsoft Word Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:16:45 -0500
TITLE:
Microsoft Word Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30975
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30975/
CRITICAL:
Extremely critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Word 2002
http://secunia.com/product/2150/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which can
be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can
be
exploited to cause memory corruption via a specially crafted
document.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
NOTE: According to the vendor, the vulnerability is currently
being
actively exploited.
The vulnerability is reported in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and is
currently not believed to affect other versions.
SOLUTION:
The vendor suggests viewing Word documents in Microsoft Office
Word
2003 Viewer or Microsoft Office Word 2003 Viewer SP3.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx
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