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Microsoft Word Macro Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10020
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Release Date:
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2003-10-16
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Last Update:
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2003-11-12
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Popularity:
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12,093 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 97
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to crash a user's Word application or potentially compromise the system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling macro names. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a Word document containing a macro with an overly long macro name (549 characters or longer).
Successful exploitation crashes the user's Word and may potentially also allow execution of arbitrary code.
A PoC (Proof of Concept) exploit is available.
This vulnerability is related to:
SA10194
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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