>> Microsoft Word Malformed Object Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft Word Malformed Object Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1872 CVE ID : CVE-2006-2492
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-05-20
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when processing Word documents containing a malformed object pointer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a malicious document.
Note : This 0day vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
