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>> Microsoft Office Word Document Processing Code Execution (MS08-009)

Title : Microsoft Office Word Document Processing Code Execution (MS08-009)
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0511
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0109
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-12


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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected server. This issue is caused by a memory calculation error when parsing a specially crafted Word file, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious Word document.

Affected Products

Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft Word 2000 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Word 2003 Service Pack 2

Solution

Apply patch for Microsoft Word 2000 Service Pack 3 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A513069B-8244-48E9-B136-01DDD3862802

Apply patch for Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=78C338AA-E410-4422-9E36-562F70D742E9

Apply patch for Microsoft Word 2003 Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=85CB1AA5-211F-4652-827B-2E79B8FFC2FC

Apply patch for Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FD4DDECD-ABD6-4783-B300-32B9D4BAD22A

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0511
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-009.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Rubén Santamarta (Reversemode).

ChangeLog

2008-02-12 : Initial release

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