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Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA20153

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Release Date:

2006-05-19

Last Update:

2006-06-13

Popularity:

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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 Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003
Microsoft Works Suite 2001
Microsoft Works Suite 2002
Microsoft Works Suite 2003
Microsoft Works Suite 2004
Microsoft Works Suite 2005
Microsoft Works Suite 2006

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory corruption error when handling Word documents using a malformed object pointer.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: This vulnerability is being actively exploited.

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