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Microsoft Word Malformed Function Memory Corruption
Secunia Advisory:	SA23950	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-01-26
Last Update:	2007-02-13
Popularity:	32,835 views

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

Software:	Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Word 2000

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-0515

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 an unspecified error when parsing malformed functions. This can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted function in a Word document. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Word 2000 (with Office 2000 SP3): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F1E61E6A-BE3D-4536-AF76-A11D5CE67199 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ Provided and/or discovered by: Discovered as a 0-day. Changelog: 2007-01-27: Added information from Microsoft. 2007-01-30: Added link to US-CERT. 2007-02-13: Added additional information from Microsoft. Updated "Solution" section. Original Advisory: MS07-014 (KB929434): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-014.mspx Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932114.mspx http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive...-security-advisory-932114-posted.aspx Other References: US-CERT VU#412225: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412225

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