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Microsoft Word File Information Block Memory Corruption

Secunia Advisory:

SA28901

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Release Date:

2008-02-12

Last Update:

2008-02-14

Popularity:

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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 Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003

Binary Analysis:

BA499 :: Available for 1 Credit

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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 calculation errors when processing the "File Information Block" section. This can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Word file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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