Microsoft Office URL File Location Handling Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Office URL File Location Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory:	SA14177	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-02-08
Last Update:	2005-02-09
Popularity:	11,384 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

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0848

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. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office XP Software (requires Service Pack 3): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A0115BF8-5F80-43E9-BE28-24D344600D69 Microsoft Office XP Software (requires Service Pack 2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A0115BF8-5F80-43E9-BE28-24D344600D69 Microsoft Project 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9FB0B8CC-593A-4955-9AF1-84AD2664E3AC Microsoft Visio 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=07EB60C3-D38A-4130-BC44-6C8511ECADB9 Microsoft Works Suite 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A0115BF8-5F80-43E9-BE28-24D344600D69 Microsoft Works Suite 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A0115BF8-5F80-43E9-BE28-24D344600D69 Microsoft Works Suite 2004: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A0115BF8-5F80-43E9-BE28-24D344600D69 Provided and/or discovered by: Rafel Ivgi, Finjan Software. Changelog: 2005-02-09: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: MS05-005 (KB873352): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-005.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#416001: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416001

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