>> Microsoft Office Document Handling Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-038)
Title : Microsoft Office Document Handling Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-038) VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2756 CVE ID : CVE-2006-1316 - CVE-2006-1540 - CVE-2006-2389
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-07-11
Technical Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Office, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system.
The first flaw is due to memory corruption errors when parsing malformed strings, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document.
The second vulnerability is due to a memory corruption error when processing malformed properties, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted document.
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