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>> Microsoft Office Word Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-042)

Title : Microsoft Office Word Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-042)
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2028
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2244
CWE ID : CWE-20
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-09

Advisory Details

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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when handling malformed Word documents, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document [...]

Affected Products

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3

Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Word 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Word 2003 Service Pack 3

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-07-09 : Initial release

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