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Microsoft Office Word File Information Block Parsing Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA37277
Release Date: 2009-11-10
Last Update: 2009-11-11
Popularity: 1,015 views

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

Software: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 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Office Word Viewer
Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003

Binary Analysis: BA884 :: Available for 2 Credits

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing certain data in the FIB (File Information Block) and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Word document.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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