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Microsoft Publisher Font Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA21863	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-09-12
Last Update:	2006-09-13
Popularity:	12,486 views

Critical:	Highly 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 XP Microsoft Publisher 2000 Microsoft Publisher 2002 Microsoft Publisher 2003

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0001

Description: Stuart Pearson has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing fonts and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted ".pub" document. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Office 2000 SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=461A126B-596F-4E84-99FD-03554AC55213 Microsoft Office XP SP3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0356B9FB-2CD5-4A50-95F6-54846D39B6EA Microsoft Office 2003 SP1/SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2EEB43F1-E2B6-4B78-98A1-E8B04242438A Provided and/or discovered by: Stuart Pearson, Computer Terrorism. Changelog: 2006-09-13: Added details from Computer Terrorism. Added link to US-CERT. Original Advisory: MS06-054 (KB910729): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-054.mspx Computer Terrorism: http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct12-09-2006-2.htm Other References: US-CERT VU#406236: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/406236

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