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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900063
Category:Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Title:Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957173)
Summary:This host is missing a critical security update according to; Microsoft Bulletin MS08-072.
Description:Summary:
This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS08-072.

Vulnerability Insight:
Microsoft office is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. Please see the
references for more information.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code on the remote system
and corrupt memory via a specially crafted Excel Spreadsheet (XLS) file.

Affected Software/OS:
Microsoft Office 2K/XP/2003/2007.

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4024
Bugtraq: 20081210 CORE-2008-0228: Microsoft Word Malformed FIB Arbitrary Free Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA08-344A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS08-072
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4025
Bugtraq: 20081209 Secunia Research: Microsoft Word RTF Polyline/Polygon Integer Overflow (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499054/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-21/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5682
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4026
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5807
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4027
Bugtraq: 20081209 ZDI-08-084: Microsoft Office RTF Consecutive Drawing Object Parsing Heap Corruption Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499062/100/0/threaded
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-084/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6098
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4028
Bugtraq: 20081209 ZDI-08-085: Microsoft Office RTF Drawing Object Heap Overflow Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499063/100/0/threaded
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-085
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-085/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6096
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4030
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5737
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5952
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4837
Bugtraq: 20081209 ZDI-08-086: Microsoft Office Word Document Table Property Stack Overflow Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499064/100/0/threaded
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-086/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5982
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