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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901068 |
| Category: | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| Title: | WordPad and Office Text Converters Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (975539) |
| Summary: | This host is missing a critical security update according to; Microsoft Bulletin MS09-073. |
| Description: | Summary: This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-073. Vulnerability 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. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document. Affected Software/OS: - 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: 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-2009-2506 BugTraq ID: 37216 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216 Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-342A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834 Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS09-073 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846 |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG |
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