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Microsoft Word for Windows Converter Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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SA13462

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Release Date:

2004-12-14

Last Update:

2004-12-15

Popularity:

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Critical:

Moderately critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millenium
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors in the table and font conversion in the Word for Windows 6.0 converter. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a malicious ".wri", ".rtf", or ".doc" document in WordPad.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: Exploitation requires that the handler for Word for Windows 6.0 converter is enabled.

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