A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw 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.
Note : This issue is distinct from FrSIRT/ADV-2006-4920 and FrSIRT/ADV-2006-4866
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Disco Jonny
ChangeLog
2006-12-14 : Initial release
2006-12-15 : Updated References
2007-02-13 : Updated Solution
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