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Microsoft Windows WordPad / Office Text Converters Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA32997
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Release Date: 2008-12-09
Last Update: 2009-04-16
Popularity: 9,800 views

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

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Software:Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office File Converter Pack
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002
Binary Analysis: BA717 :: Available for 1 Credit
BA727 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) A boundary error in the WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Word 97 document.

NOTE: According to Microsoft, the vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

2) An unspecified error when parsing data in Word 6 files can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted Word 6 document.

3) An error in the WordPerfect 6.x converter when parsing strings can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted WordPerfect document.

4) A boundary error in WordPad Word 97 Text Converter can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Word 97 document..

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code.

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