Contact | Site en Français               

 


 

Vulnerabilities & Threats

 
  VUPEN Security Advisories
  Linux Security Advisories

  Malware Advisories

  Security Research
  Threat Watch Blog
  Zero-Day Monitor
  Search Engine
  Mailing List & RSS
 
   

>> 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    Receive VUPEN Security alerts in a Text format  Receive VUPEN Security alerts in a PDF format  Receive VUPEN Security alerts in an XML format 

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

Vulnerability Management

Subscribe to VUPEN VNS and receive real-time alerts when new advisories or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.

Feedback

If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form.

 

Vulnerability Alerting

Free 14-Day Trial

 
  Latest News

 

  >> 2009-07-06

     

  Microsoft Windows 0-Day
  Flaw Exploited in the Wild


  >> 2009-06-10

     

  VUPEN Security Research
  Discovered Critical Flaws
  in Adobe Acrobat and MS

  Office Word


  >> 2009-06-02

     

  VUPEN Security Research
  Discovered Critical Flaws
  in ACDSee Products


  >> 2009-05-22

     

  VUPEN Discovered Two
  Critical Vulnerabilities in
  Novell GroupWise 8 / 7

 

 

More Informations    
    








Copyright 2003-2009 © VUPEN.COM - Privacy Policy