>> Microsoft Project Memory Validation Vulnerability (MS08-018)
Title : Microsoft Project Memory Validation Vulnerability (MS08-018) VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1142 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1088
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Project, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused due to the application not properly validating memory resource allocations when opening Project files, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious Office file.