Free and open-source vulnerability scanner
Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.
Install NowAvailable for macOS, Windows, and Linux
Microsoft Office Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (969516)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-030.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to error in calculating object handler data when opening files created in older versions of Publisher. This can be exploited to corrupt memory and cause an invalid value to be dereferenced as a pointer.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 and prior Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 SP1 and prior
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.