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Microsoft Office URL File Location Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA14177
Release Date: 2005-02-08
Last Update: 2005-02-09
Popularity: 12,274 views

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

Software:Microsoft Office Project 2002
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Visio 2002
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Works Suite 2002
Microsoft Works Suite 2003
Microsoft Works Suite 2004

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Rafel Ivgi has reported a vulnerability Microsoft Office XP, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the process that passes URL file locations to Microsoft Office. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow when e.g. a Word document with an overly long, specially crafted URL is opened inside Internet Explorer.

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