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Microsoft Office Publisher Arbitrary Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Release Date: 2007-07-10 Last Update: 2007-07-11 Views: 13,189
Secunia Advisory SA25988
Where:
From remote
Impact:
System access,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
CVE Reference(s):
Description
eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the Publisher conversion library used for converting old Publisher formats (PUBCONV.DLL) calling a user-controlled function pointer. This can be exploited by tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted Publisher 98 legacy file containing an embedded textbox object.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Apply patches.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers
Provided and/or discovered by:
Greg Linares, eEye Digital Security.
Original Advisory:
MS07-037 (KB936548):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-037.mspx
eEye Digital Security:
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070710.html
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
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Subject: Microsoft Office Publisher Arbitrary Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
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