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WordPad and Office Text Converters Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (975539)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-073.
Insight
Insight
The issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the way that the text converter for Word 97 (included as part of WordPad and as part of the Office text converters) parses a specially crafted Word 97 document.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Works 8.5 Microsoft Office Converter Pack Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and prior
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973904
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975008
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974882
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977304
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3438
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-073.mspx
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-073.mspx