>> Microsoft Word Document Handling Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft Word Document Handling Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0607 CVE ID : CVE-2007-0870
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-02-15
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 malformed document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document.