Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a memory corruption error when handling a document containing a malformed string, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document.

Note : This issue is distinct from VUPEN/ADV-2006-4920 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4866 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4997

Affected Products

Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Office 2000

Solution

Apply patches :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-014.mspx

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0350
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932114.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability discovered in the wild

ChangeLog

2007-01-26 : Initial release
2007-01-26 : Microsoft Security Advisory (932114) available
2007-02-13 : Updated Solution

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