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Microsoft Word Document Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA12758	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-10-07
Last Update:	2005-08-10
Popularity:	126,061 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2002 Microsoft Word 2003 Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 Microsoft Works Suite 2001 Microsoft Works Suite 2002 Microsoft Works Suite 2003 Microsoft Works Suite 2004

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0963 CVE-2005-0558

Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the parsing of document files. This can be exploited to cause buffer overflows by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Microsoft Word. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Word 2000 and Microsoft Works Suite 2001: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9F4B6868-2F94-478F-B0BC-0DA3E0571523 Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Works Suite 2002, Microsoft Works Suite 2003, and Microsoft Works Suite 2004: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=34998255-E004-4A29-9418-35C5818E54CB Microsoft Office Word 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9158279D-4421-4932-9318-02CA829A9B43 Microsoft Word 2003 Viewer: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en Provided and/or discovered by: First vulnerability discovered by: HexView Second vulnerability discovered by: Alex Li Changelog: 2004-10-12: Added link to original advisory. 2004-11-01: Added CVE reference. 2005-04-12: Added information provided by vendor. 2005-04-13: Added links to US-CERT vulnerability notes. 2005-08-10: Added Microsoft Word 2003 Viewer as vulnerable. Original Advisory: MS05-023 (KB890169): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-023.mspx Hexview: http://www.hexview.com/docs/20041006-1.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#752591: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/752591 US-CERT VU#442567: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/442567

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