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.

Affected Products

Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1
Microsoft Project 2002 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Project 2003 Service Pack 2

Solution

Apply patch for Microsoft Project 2000 Service Release 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=fbe46241-b9da-40c6-803d-42eb6234be77

Apply patch for Microsoft Project 2002 Service Pack 1 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=07a90718-6597-426d-9dca-a336d60c01b8

Apply patch for Microsoft Project 2003 Service Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=aaba07d6-e972-4e85-bccd-406aa2c4a4f4

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1142
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-018.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by National Cyber Security Center (The Republic of Korea).

ChangeLog

2008-04-08 : Initial release

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