CVE-2008-4024 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4024
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Description: Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVE Status: Candidate

References: ST 1021370 OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5934 MS http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-072.mspx MISC http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded

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