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>> Microsoft Works File Handling Multiple Client-Side Memory Corruption and DoS Vulnerabilities
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Title : Microsoft Works File Handling Multiple Client-Side Memory Corruption and DoS Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2813
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3653 - CVE-2006-3654
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-07-15
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Microsoft Works, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system or cause a denial of service. These issues are due to memory corruption and NULL pointer dereference errors when processing malformed WKS or XLR files, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system or crash an affected application by tricking a user into opening a malicious file.
Affected Products
Microsoft Works version 8.0 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2813
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/15877
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Benjamin Tobias Franz
ChangeLog
2006-07-15 : Initial release
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