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Microsoft Word Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA21735	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-09-05
Last Update:	2006-10-13
Popularity:	45,766 views

Critical:	Extremely 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 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office X for Mac Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2002 Microsoft Word 2003 Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 Microsoft Works Suite 2004 Microsoft Works Suite 2005 Microsoft Works Suite 2006

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-4534 CVE-2006-3647 CVE-2006-3651 CVE-2006-4693

Description: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An unspecified boundary error in WINWORD.EXE when processing Word documents can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted document. NOTE: The vulnerability is being actively exploited. 2) An unspecified boundary error within the parsing of certain strings can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted document. 3) An unspecified boundary error within the handling of mail merge files can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted document. 4) An unspecified error within the parsing of certain strings can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted document. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitary code. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 / Microsoft Word 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=CFC85449-4941-4DA5-A919-1DA388054E83 Microsoft Office XP SP3 / Microsoft Word 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5652303E-04B3-4713-AF2E-2C8D2450468D Microsoft Office 2003 (SP1 or SP2) / Microsoft Office Word 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=30C516EB-BD63-4248-A34D-47AF7E9EA55A Microsoft Office Word 2003 Viewer: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=EB230319-14A5-4206-A601-CF9DDE89352A Microsoft Works Suites (2004/2005/2006): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5652303E-04B3-4713-AF2E-2C8D2450468D Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: Download the update (KB924999) http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ Microsoft Office v. X for Mac: Download the update (KB924998) http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ Provided and/or discovered by: 1) Discovered in the wild as a 0-day 2) The vendor credits Chen Xiaobo of McAfee Avert Labs 3) The vendor credits Cu Fang 4) The vendor credits Cu Fang Changelog: 2006-09-06: Secunia confirms vulnerability. Added additional information. 2006-09-07: Added link to Microsoft security advisory. Added CVE reference. Added link to US-CERT. 2006-10-10: The vendor releases patches. Updated "Description", "Solution", and "Original Advisory" sections. 2006-10-13: Added link to US-CERT. Original Advisory: MS06-060 (KB924554): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-060.mspx Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925059.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#806548: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/806548 US-CERT VU#921300: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/921300

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